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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailannā

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 forms
  • *wēlannā

Etymology
PIE word
*wáy

Schrijver explains as "the wailer", from Proto-Indo-European *wai.[1] For a similar formation compare *wailos (“wolf”, literally “wailer, howler”). However the suffix is still uncertain. Ultimately imitative.

Noun

*wailannā f[2]

  1. seagull

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wailannā *wailannai *wailannās
vocative *wailannā *wailannai *wailannās
accusative *wailannam *wailannai *wailannāms
genitive *wailannās *wailannous *wailannom
dative *wailannāi *wailannābom *wailannābos
locative *wailannai *? *?
instrumental *? *wailannābim *wailannābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwuɨlann (< *wēlannā)
    • Old Breton: guilannou (plural)
    • Old Cornish: guilan
      • Cornish: goelann
    • Middle Welsh: gwylan
  • Goidelic:

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 115–116
  2. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 223
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