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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wolis

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 *welh₃- (“to wound, strike”), see also Latin vulnus (“wound”).[1]

Noun

*wolis ?[2][3]

  1. blood

Inflection
Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wolis *wolī *wolīs
vocative *woli *wolī *wolīs
accusative *wolim *wolī *wolims
genitive *woleis *wolyow *wolyom
dative *wolei *wolibom *wolibos
locative *wolei *? *?
instrumental *wolī *wolibim *wolibis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: goulyow
    • Cornish: goly
    • Middle Welsh: gweli (“wound, blood”)
  • Old Irish: fuil

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1144, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1144
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weli-, *woli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
  3. Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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