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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/windos

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

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *windo-, nasal infix of Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see).[1] However, Matasovic refrains from assigning any etymology, only giving French vandoise (dace, cub) (itself perhaps a Gaulish borrowing) as a cognate.[2]

Adjective

*windos

  1. white

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *windos *windou *windoi
vocative *winde *windou *windoi
accusative *windom *windou *windoms
genitive *windī *windous *windom
dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *windā *windai *windās
vocative *windā *windai *windās
accusative *windam *windai *windams
genitive *windās *windous *windom
dative *windai *windābom *windābos
instrumental *? *windābim *windābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *windom *windou *windā
vocative *windom *windou *windā
accusative *windom *windou *windā
genitive *windī *windous *windom
dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨnn
    • Old Breton: guinn
      • Middle Breton: guinn
    • Old Cornish: guyn
    • Middle Welsh: gwynn, gwen
  • Old Irish: finn, find
  • Gaulish: *windos

See also

Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)
     *bānos, *loukos, *windos      *ɸlētos      *dubus
             *roudos; *dergos              *dusnos              *blāwos, *melinos
                          *glastos             
                                       *gurmos
                                      

References

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
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