Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wīkā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *weyk- (“to overcome”).

Noun

*wīkā f[1]

fight

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wīkā	*wīkai	*wīkās
vocative	*wīkā	*wīkai	*wīkās
accusative	*wīkam	*wīkai	*wīkāms
genitive	*wīkās	*wīkous	*wīkom
dative	*wīkai	*wīkābom	*wīkābos
instrumental	*?	*wīkābim	*wīkābis

Related terms

*wiketi

Descendants

Brythonic: [Term?]
- Welsh: gwig
Old Irish: fích
- Scottish Gaelic: fioch
>? Gaulish: *uēkā[2]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Rowēkā
  - → Latin: Roveca

References

Koch, John (2004), “*wīk-ā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 124
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “uic(o)-, -uices”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 3rd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 318

[1] Koch, John (2004), “*wīk-ā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 124

[DLG-2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “uic(o)-, -uices”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 3rd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 318