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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/waylos
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European
Etymology
The word is usually explained as ‘the howler’ and derived from *wáy (“woe”, or onomatopoeia for shouting) + *-los. Armenian and Celtic replaced the usual Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”) due to taboo.[1]
Inflection
| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *waylos | ||
| genitive | *waylosyo | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *waylos | *wayloh₁ | *wayloes |
| vocative | *wayle | *wayloh₁ | *wayloes |
| accusative | *waylom | *wayloh₁ | *wayloms |
| genitive | *waylosyo | *? | *wayloHom |
| 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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