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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wāris

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 Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (spring).

Noun

*wāris ?

  1. sunrise
  2. East

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wāris *wārī *wārīs
vocative *wāri *wārī *wārīs
accusative *wārim *wārī *wārims
genitive *wāreis *wāryow *wāryom
dative *wārei *wāribom *wāribos
locative *wārei *? *?
instrumental *wārī *wāribim *wāribis

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fáir
  • Welsh: gwawr

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwawr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wāri-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
  • Zimmer, Stefan (2006) “Some Names and Epithets in Culhwch ac Olwen”, in Studi Celtici, volume 3, retrieved 13 January 2016, pages 163–179 (See p. 11 in the online version.)
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