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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wintos
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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