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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/waylos
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
The word is usually explained as ‘the howler’ and derived from *way-. Armenian and Celtic replaced the usual Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”) due to taboo.[1]
Inflection
Thematic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *waylos | ||
genitive | *waylosyo | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *waylos | *wayloh₁ | *wayloes |
vocative | *wayle | *wayloh₁ | *wayloes |
accusative | *waylom | *wayloh₁ | *wayloms |
genitive | *waylosyo | *? | *waylooHom |
ablative | *waylead | *? | *waylomos |
dative | *wayloey | *? | *waylomos |
locative | *wayley, *wayloy | *? | *wayloysu |
instrumental | *wayloh₁ | *? | *waylōys |
Descendants
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 196
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*waylo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406
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