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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wertyā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *Hwer- (“to cover, close”).
Noun
*wertyā f[1]
- mound
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wertyā | *wertyai | *wertyās |
| vocative | *wertyā | *wertyai | *wertyās |
| accusative | *wertyam | *wertyai | *wertyāms |
| genitive | *wertyās | *wertyous | *wertyom |
| dative | *wertyāi | *wertyābom | *wertyābos |
| locative | *wertyai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *wertyābim | *wertyābis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: fertae
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wertyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 415