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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/winkʷos
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Proto-Celtic
Alternative reconstructions
- *wenkʷos[1]
- *wimpos[1]
Etymology
Unknown. Posssibly from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to desire”).[1]
Adjective
*winkʷos[1][2]
- beautiful, comely
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *winkʷos | *winkʷou | *winkʷoi |
| vocative | *winkʷe | *winkʷou | *winkūs |
| accusative | *winkʷom | *winkʷou | *winkoms |
| genitive | *winkʷī | *winkʷous | *winkʷom |
| dative | *winkūi | *winkʷobom | *winkʷobos |
| instrumental | *winkū | *winkʷobim | *winkʷobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *winkʷā | *winkʷai | *winkʷās |
| vocative | *winkʷā | *winkʷai | *winkʷās |
| accusative | *winkʷam | *winkʷai | *winkʷams |
| genitive | *winkʷās | *winkʷous | *winkʷom |
| dative | *winkʷai | *winkʷābom | *winkʷābos |
| instrumental | *? | *winkʷābim | *winkʷābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *winkʷom | *winkʷou | *winkʷā |
| vocative | *winkʷom | *winkʷou | *winkʷā |
| accusative | *winkʷom | *winkʷou | *winkʷā |
| genitive | *winkʷī | *winkʷous | *winkʷom |
| dative | *winkūi | *winkʷobom | *winkʷobos |
| instrumental | *winkū | *winkʷobim | *winkʷobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: gwemp
- Middle Welsh: gwymp
- Gaulish: *uimpos[3]
- Gaulish: uimpi
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wimpo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 422
- Koch, John (2004), “*winkʷ-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 111
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “uimpos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 320