Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wēdwūs

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 *weydwōs, from *weyd- (“to know”) +‎ *-wōs (stative participle suffix), literally “who has witnessed”.[1]

Noun

*wēdwūs m[1]

witness

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wēdwūs	*wēduse	*wēduses
vocative	*wēdwūs	*wēduse	*wēduses
accusative	*wēdusam	*wēduse	*wēdusams
genitive	*wēdusos	*wēdusou	*wēdusom
dative	*wēdusei	*wēdusobom	*wēdusobos
locative	*wēdusi	—	—
instrumental	*wēduse?	*wēdusobim	*wēdusobis

Derived terms

nowēdwūs (“infant”)
- Old Irish: noídiu
  - Irish: naíon, naí
  - Scottish Gaelic: naoidhean

Descendants

Old Irish: fíadu

References

Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 115

[Stuber_n-stems-1] Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 115