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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesus
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”).[1] Sanskrit वसु (vásu) and Luwian [Term?] (/wāsu-/).
Inflection
| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wesus | *wesū | *wesowes |
| vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *wesūs |
| accusative | *wesum | *wesū | *wesums |
| genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
| dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
| instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wesus | *wesū | *wesowes |
| vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *wesūs |
| accusative | *wesum | *wesū | *wesums |
| genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
| dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
| instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
| vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
| accusative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
| genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
| dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
| instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wesu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
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