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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/towissus

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 *to- (“to, towards”) +‎ *wissus (“knowledge”).[1]

Noun

*towissus m[2]

  1. act of leading, beginning
  2. leadership

Inflection
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *towissus *towissū *towissowes
vocative *towissu *towissū *towissūs
accusative *towissum *towissū *towissums
genitive *towissous *towissous *towissowom
dative *towissou *towissubom *towissubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *towissū *towissubim *towissubis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *togwɨs
    • Middle Welsh: tywys
      • Welsh: tywys
  • Old Irish: tús, tuus

References
  1. Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 47; 266
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*to-wissu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
  3. Koch, John (2004) “leading *tu-westu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 198
  4. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 342: “*tu-wissu-”
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