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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wewlos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European root, though a connection with *bekkos (“snout, beak”) is not impossible.
Noun
*wewlos m
- lip
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wewlos | *wewlou | *wewloi |
| vocative | *wewle | *wewlou | *wewlūs |
| accusative | *wewlom | *wewlou | *wewloms |
| genitive | *wewlī | *wewlous | *wewlom |
| dative | *wewlūi | *wewlobom | *wewlobos |
| locative | *wewlei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wewlū | *wewlobim | *wewlūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gweβl
- Cornish: gwevel
- Middle Breton: guefl
- Welsh: gwefl
- Old Irish: bél
- Irish: béal, beola
- Manx: beeal
- Scottish Gaelic: beul
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “wewlos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419