Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/widwā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Noun

*widwā f[1][2]

widow

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*widwā	*widwai	*widwās
vocative	*widwā	*widwai	*widwās
accusative	*widwam	*widwai	*widwāms
genitive	*widwās	*widwous	*widwom
dative	*widwāi	*widwābom	*widwābos
locative	*widwai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*widwābim	*widwābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gweðw
- Old Cornish: guedeu
  - Cornish: gwedhow
- Middle Welsh: gweðw, gwyðw
  - Welsh: gweddw
Old Irish: fedb
- Irish: feadhbh (obsolete)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*widwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 420
Koch, John (2004), “*widwā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 391

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*widwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 420

[2] Koch, John (2004), “*widwā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 391