Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/winkʷos

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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[edit]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Posssibly from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to desire).[1]

Adjective[edit]

*winkʷos[1][2]

  1. beautiful, comely

Declension[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *winkʷos *winkʷou *winkʷoi
vocative *winkʷe *winkʷou *winkʷoi
accusative *winkʷom *winkʷou *winkʷoms
genitive *winkʷī *winkʷous *winkʷom
dative *winkūi *winkʷobom *winkʷobos
instrumental *winkū *winkʷobim *winkʷobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *winkʷā *winkʷai *winkʷās
vocative *winkʷā *winkʷai *winkʷās
accusative *winkʷam *winkʷai *winkʷams
genitive *winkʷās *winkʷous *winkʷom
dative *winkʷai *winkʷābom *winkʷābos
instrumental *? *winkʷābim *winkʷābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *winkʷom *winkʷou *winkʷā
vocative *winkʷom *winkʷou *winkʷā
accusative *winkʷom *winkʷou *winkʷā
genitive *winkʷī *winkʷous *winkʷom
dative *winkūi *winkʷobom *winkʷobos
instrumental *winkū *winkʷobim *winkʷobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Gaulish: *uimpos[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wimpo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 422
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*winkʷ-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 111
  3. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uimpos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 320