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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wellos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”).[1]
Adjective
*wellos[1]
- good
- desirable
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellos | *wellou | *welloi |
| vocative | *welle | *wellou | *wellūs |
| accusative | *wellom | *wellou | *welloms |
| genitive | *wellī | *wellous | *wellom |
| dative | *wellūi | *wellobom | *wellobos |
| instrumental | *wellū | *wellobim | *wellobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellā | *wellai | *wellās |
| vocative | *wellā | *wellai | *wellās |
| accusative | *wellam | *wellai | *wellams |
| genitive | *wellās | *wellous | *wellom |
| dative | *wellai | *wellābom | *wellābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wellābim | *wellābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellom | *wellou | *wellā |
| vocative | *wellom | *wellou | *wellā |
| accusative | *wellom | *wellou | *wellā |
| genitive | *wellī | *wellous | *wellom |
| dative | *wellūi | *wellobom | *wellobos |
| instrumental | *wellū | *wellobim | *wellobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: guell
- Breton: gwell
- Cornish: gwell
- Middle Welsh: gwell
- Welsh: gwell (“better, preferable”)
- Middle Breton: guell
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wello-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 411