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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesākos

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed or derived from a non-Indo-European substrate. Welsh gwyach (f) points to a geminate form, *wesakkos.[1]

Noun

*wesākos m

  1. raven
  2. grebe

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wesākos *wesākou *wesākoi
vocative *wesāke *wesākou *wesākūs
accusative *wesākom *wesākou *wesākūs
genitive *wesākī *wesākous *wesākom
dative *wesākūi *wesākobom *wesākobos
instrumental *wesākū *wesākobim *wesākobis

Descendants

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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