Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/widwā

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 *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Noun

*widwā f

widow

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*widwā	*widwai	*widwās
vocative	*widwā	*widwai	*widwās
accusative	*widwam	*widwai	*widwās
genitive	*widwās	*widwous	*widwom
dative	*widwai	*widwābom	*widwābos
instrumental	*?	*widwābim	*widwābis

Descendants

Brythonic: *gweðw
- Old Cornish: guedeu
  - Cornish: gwedhow
- Middle Welsh: gwydw
  - Welsh: gweddw
Old Irish: fedb
- Irish: feadhbh (obsolete)

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