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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/westā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”).
Noun
*westā f[1]
- food, feast
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: Orguest (Personal name)
- Old Cornish: gwest
- Middle Welsh: gwest
- Old Irish: fess
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*westā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417