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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wēnā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”).[1]
Noun
*wēnā f[1]
- troop
- band of warriors
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wēnā | *wēnai | *wēnās |
| vocative | *wēnā | *wēnai | *wēnās |
| accusative | *wēnam | *wēnai | *wēnāms |
| genitive | *wēnās | *wēnous | *wēnom |
| dative | *wēnāi | *wēnābom | *wēnābos |
| locative | *wēnai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *wēnābim | *wēnābis |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: fian
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wēnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412