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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailannā
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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
Alternative forms
- *wēlannā
Etymology
Schrijver explains as "the wailer", from Proto-Indo-European *wai.[1]
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wailannā | *wailannai | *wailannās |
| vocative | *wailannā | *wailannai | *wailannās |
| accusative | *wailannam | *wailannai | *wailannās |
| genitive | *wailannās | *wailannous | *wailannom |
| dative | *wailannai | *wailannābom | *wailannābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wailannābim | *wailannābis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *gwuɨlann (< *wēlannā)
- Goidelic:
References
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 115–116
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 107
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