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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *wáy |
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wai (“woe!”) + *-los.[1]
Adjective
*wailos[1]
- poor, wretched
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailos | *wailou | *wailoi |
| vocative | *waile | *wailou | *wailūs |
| accusative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailoms |
| genitive | *wailī | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailūi | *wailobom | *wailobos |
| instrumental | *wailū | *wailobim | *wailobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailā | *wailai | *wailās |
| vocative | *wailā | *wailai | *wailās |
| accusative | *wailam | *wailai | *wailams |
| genitive | *wailās | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailai | *wailābom | *wailābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wailābim | *wailābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailā |
| vocative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailā |
| accusative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailā |
| genitive | *wailī | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailūi | *wailobom | *wailobos |
| instrumental | *wailū | *wailobim | *wailobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Breton: gail
- Middle Welsh: gwael
- Welsh: gwael
- Gaulish: Vailo (possibly)
Etymology 2
| PIE word |
|---|
| *wáy |
From Proto-Indo-European *waylos (“wolf”).[1] Ultimately from the same combination of root and suffix as the above etymology, though more archaic.
Noun
*wailos m[1]
- (Goidelic) wolf
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wailos | *wailou | *wailoi |
| vocative | *waile | *wailou | *wailūs |
| accusative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailoms |
| genitive | *wailī | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailūi | *wailobom | *wailobos |
| locative | *wailei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wailū | *wailobim | *wailūis |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: fáel
- Irish: faol
- Scottish Gaelic: faol
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*waylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406