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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wētis
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.[1]
Noun
*wētis f[1]
- withe
- that which twines or bends
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wētis | *wētī | *wētīs |
| vocative | *wēti | *wētī | *wētīs |
| accusative | *wētim | *wētī | *wētims |
| genitive | *wēteis | *wētyow | *wētyom |
| dative | *wētei | *wētibom | *wētibos |
| locative | *wētei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wētī | *wētibim | *wētibis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: gueden
- Breton: gwedenn
- Old Cornish: guiden
- Middle Cornish: gusen
- Middle Welsh: gwyden, gwden
- Middle Breton: gueden
- Middle Irish: féith
- Irish: féith
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wēti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418