Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/welīts

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

Etymology

From *weleti (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel-.

Noun

*welīts m[1]

seer
poet

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*welīts	*welete	*weletes
vocative	*welīts	*welete	*weletes
accusative	*weletam	*welete	*weletams
genitive	*weletos	*weletou	*weletom
dative	*weletei	*weletobom	*weletobos
locative	*weleti	—	—
instrumental	*welete?	*weletobim	*weletobis

Descendants

Primitive Irish: ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ (velitas)
- Old Irish: fili
  - Irish: file
  - Manx: feelee
  - Scottish Gaelic: filidh
Gaulish: uelets

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “welet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN
Mans Lead Tablets

Stifter, David (2011), “Lack of Syncope and other nichtlautgesetzlich Vowel Developments in OIr. Consonant-Stem Nouns. Animacy Rearing its Head in Morphology?”, in Indogermanistik und Linguistikim Dialog Akten der XIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaftvom 21. bis 27. September 2008 in Salzburg, Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556–565

[1] Stifter, David (2011), “Lack of Syncope and other nichtlautgesetzlich Vowel Developments in OIr. Consonant-Stem Nouns. Animacy Rearing its Head in Morphology?”, in Indogermanistik und Linguistikim Dialog Akten der XIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaftvom 21. bis 27. September 2008 in Salzburg, Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556–565