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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wēlos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Along with *wēliyā (“modesty”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“turn”), *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[1][2]
Adjective
*wēlos[1]
- modest
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wēlos | *wēlou | *wēloi |
| vocative | *wēle | *wēlou | *wēlūs |
| accusative | *wēlom | *wēlou | *wēloms |
| genitive | *wēlī | *wēlous | *wēlom |
| dative | *wēlūi | *wēlobom | *wēlobos |
| instrumental | *wēlū | *wēlobim | *wēlobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wēlā | *wēlai | *wēlās |
| vocative | *wēlā | *wēlai | *wēlās |
| accusative | *wēlam | *wēlai | *wēlams |
| genitive | *wēlās | *wēlous | *wēlom |
| dative | *wēlai | *wēlābom | *wēlābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wēlābim | *wēlābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wēlom | *wēlou | *wēlā |
| vocative | *wēlom | *wēlou | *wēlā |
| accusative | *wēlom | *wēlou | *wēlā |
| genitive | *wēlī | *wēlous | *wēlom |
| dative | *wēlūi | *wēlobom | *wēlobos |
| instrumental | *wēlū | *wēlobim | *wēlobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: gwyl
- Welsh: gŵyl
- Middle Welsh: gwyl
- Old Irish: fíal
- Middle Irish: fíal
- Irish: fial
- Scottish Gaelic: fial
- Manx: feoilt
- Middle Irish: fíal
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wēlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1120