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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wensos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-s- (“hair”).[1]
Noun
*wensos m[1]
- pubic hair
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wensos | *wensou | *wensoi |
vocative | *wense | *wensou | *wensūs |
accusative | *wensom | *wensou | *wensoms |
genitive | *wensī | *wensous | *wensom |
dative | *wensūi | *wensobom | *wensobos |
locative | *wensei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *wensū | *wensobim | *wensūis |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: fés
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wenso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413