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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wintos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts. Old Irish fet (“whistle”) is probably not related.[1]
Noun
*wintos m
- wind
Inflection
Masculine o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wintos | *wintou | *wintoi |
vocative | *winte | *wintou | *wintūs |
accusative | *wintom | *wintou | *wintoms |
genitive | *wintī | *wintous | *wintom |
dative | *wintūi | *wintobom | *wintobos |
locative | *wintei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *wintū | *wintobim | *wintūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨnt
- Middle Breton: guent
- Breton: gwent
- Old Cornish: guins
- Cornish: gwyns
- Middle Welsh: gwynt
- Welsh: gwynt
- Middle Breton: guent
References
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174