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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wātis

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 *weh₂t- (excited, inspired).[1] Cognate with Latin vates.

Noun

*wātis m [1]

  1. soothsayer, prophet

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wātis *wātī *wātīs
vocative *wāti *wātī *wātīs
accusative *wātim *wātī *wātīs
genitive *wātēs *wātyow *wātyom
dative *wātē *wātibom *wātibos
instrumental *wātī *wātibim *wātibis

Descendants

  • Gaulish: *watis (attested as οὐάτεις by Strabo)
  • Goidelic:[2]

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
  2. C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), fáith”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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