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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wessis
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
Noun
*wessis f[1]
- sow, young female pig
Declension
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wessis | *wessī | *wessīs |
| vocative | *wessi | *wessī | *wessīs |
| accusative | *wessim | *wessī | *wessims |
| genitive | *wesseis | *wessyow | *wessyom |
| dative | *wessei | *wessibom | *wessibos |
| locative | *wessei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wessī | *wessibim | *wessibis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: guis
- Middle Breton: guis, gues
- Breton: gwis
- Middle Breton: guis, gues
- Old Cornish: guis
- Middle Welsh: gwys
- Welsh: gwŷs
- Old Breton: guis
- Middle Irish: feis
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wessi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417