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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wenyā
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”).[1] cognate with Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”) and Latin Venus.
Noun
*wenyā f[1]
- family, kindred
Declension
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wenyā | *wenyai | *wenyās |
vocative | *wenyā | *wenyai | *wenyās |
accusative | *wenyam | *wenyai | *wenyāms |
genitive | *wenyās | *wenyous | *wenyom |
dative | *wenyāi | *wenyābom | *wenyābos |
locative | *wenyai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *wenyābim | *wenyābis |
Derived terms
- *Wenikaros
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- ⇒ Old Breton: coguenou
- Middle Breton: gouen, gouenn
- Breton: gouenn
- Middle Breton: gouen, gouenn
- ⇒ Old Breton: coguenou
- Gaulish: *Wenetoi (“Veneti”)
- → Latin: Veneti
- French: Vannes
- → Latin: Veneti
- Old Irish: fine
- Irish: fine
- Lepontic: 𐌅𐌄𐌍𐌉𐌀 (venia)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wenyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413