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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesnālā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wós-r̥ ~ *wés-n̥s (“spring (season)”).
Noun
*wesnālā f[1]
- swallow(bird)
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wesnālā | *wesnālai | *wesnālās |
| vocative | *wesnālā | *wesnālai | *wesnālās |
| accusative | *wesnālam | *wesnālai | *wesnālāms |
| genitive | *wesnālās | *wesnālous | *wesnālom |
| dative | *wesnālāi | *wesnālābom | *wesnālābos |
| locative | *wesnālai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *wesnālābim | *wesnālābis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwennọl
- Old Breton: guennol
- Middle Breton: guennel
- Breton: gwennel
- → Cornish: gwennel (partially)
- Breton: gwennel
- Middle Breton: guennel
- Old Cornish: guennol
- Middle Welsh: gwennawl
- Welsh: gwennol
- Old Breton: guennol
- Old Irish: fanall
- Irish: fáinleog
- Scottish Gaelic: ainleag
- Gaulish:
- French: vanneau
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wesnālā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416