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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wextā

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 *weǵʰ- (to bring, to transport).

Noun

*wextā f[1]

  1. time, course, turn

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wextā *wextai *wextās
vocative *wextā *wextai *wextās
accusative *wextam *wextai *wextāms
genitive *wextās *wextous *wextom
dative *wextāi *wextābom *wextābos
locative *wextai *? *?
instrumental *? *wextābim *wextābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gweiθ
    • Old Breton: gueid
    • Old Cornish: gueid
      • Middle Cornish: gweth, gwyth
        • Cornish: gweyth
    • Middle Welsh: gweith
  • Old Irish: fecht, fect
    • Irish: feacht
    • Scottish Gaelic: feachd

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wextā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419/420
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