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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/welsos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)welh₁(bʰ)-, from *wel- (“to deceive”), see also Lithuanian vilti (“to deceive, cheat”).[1]
Noun
*welsos m[2]
- error, deceit
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *welsos | *welsou | *welsoi |
| vocative | *welse | *welsou | *welsūs |
| accusative | *welsom | *welsou | *welsoms |
| genitive | *welsī | *welsous | *welsom |
| dative | *welsūi | *welsobom | *welsobos |
| locative | *welsei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *welsū | *welsobim | *welsūis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: fell
- Middle Irish: fell
- Irish: feall
- Middle Irish: fell
Related terms
- *wolsos
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1140
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wello-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 411