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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/westā

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 *wes- (“to graze”).

Noun

*westā f[1]

  1. food, feast

Declension
Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wessis *wessī *wessīs
vocative *wessi *wessī *wessīs
accusative *wessim *wessī *wessims
genitive *wesseis *wessyow *wessyom
dative *wessei *wessibom *wessibos
locative *wessei *? *?
instrumental *wessī *wessibim *wessibis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwest
    • ⇒ Old Breton: Orguest (personal name)
    • Old Cornish: gwest
    • Middle Welsh: gwest
  • Old Irish: fess

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*westā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
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