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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wegā

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From *wegyeti (“to weave”).[1]

Noun

*wegā m[1]

  1. web, woven fabric

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wegā *wegai *wegās
vocative *wegā *wegai *wegās
accusative *wegam *wegai *wegāms
genitive *wegās *wegous *wegom
dative *wegāi *wegābom *wegābos
locative *wegai *? *?
instrumental *? *wegābim *wegābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: gueg
      • Breton: gwiad
    • Cornish: gwi, gwias
    • Middle Welsh: gwe
  • Old Irish: fige

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wegā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
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