Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/waidā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wai (“woe!”).[1]

Noun

*waidā f[1]

shout, cry, clamour

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*waidā	*waidai	*waidās
vocative	*waidā	*waidai	*waidās
accusative	*waidam	*waidai	*waidāms
genitive	*waidās	*waidous	*waidom
dative	*waidāi	*waidābom	*waidābos
locative	*waidai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*waidābim	*waidābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwoɨð
- Middle Welsh: gwaed
  - Welsh: gwaedd
Old Irish: fáed, faíd

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*waydā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*waydā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406