Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wegā

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

Alternative reconstructions

*wegyā[1]

Etymology

From *wegyeti (“to weave”).[1]

Noun

*wegā m[1]

web, woven fabric

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wegā	*wegai	*wegās
vocative	*wegā	*wegai	*wegās
accusative	*wegam	*wegai	*wegāms
genitive	*wegās	*wegous	*wegom
dative	*wegāi	*wegābom	*wegābos
locative	*wegai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wegābim	*wegābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: gueg
  - Breton: gwiad
- Cornish: gwi, gwias
- Middle Welsh: gwe
  - Welsh: gwe
Old Irish: fige

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wegā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wegā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409