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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wastu
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wóstu (“home, dwelling”).
Noun
*wastu n[1]
- dwelling
Inflection
| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wastu | *wastū | *wastwā |
| vocative | *wastu | *wastū | *wastwā |
| accusative | *wastu | *wastū | *wastwā |
| genitive | *wastous | *wastous | *wastowom |
| dative | *wastou | *wastubom | *wastubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wastū | *wastubim | *wastubis |
Descendants
- Middle Welsh: gwas
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wastu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 404