Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wetsis

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

An i-stem derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wetsós (whence Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “calf, yearling”)), from *wet- (“year”).[1]

Matasović, while also deriving this from *wet- (“year”), would rather reconstruct an intermediate *wét-ti-s.[2]

Noun

*wetsis f

  1. a female pig; sow

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wetsis *wetsī *wetsīs
vocative *wetsi *wetsī *wetsīs
accusative *wetsim *wetsī *wetsins
genitive *wetseis *wetsyow *wetsyom
dative *wetsei *wetsibom *wetsibos
locative *wetsei *? *?
instrumental *wetsī *wetsibim *wetsibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨs
  • Middle Irish: feis

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 375: “PIE *u̯et-s-i- 'yearling'”
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wessi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
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