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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/woltos

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 *woltos (“hair”), perhaps an extension of *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”). Compare with English wold, Proto-Slavic *volsъ (“hair”), Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”).[1][2]

Noun

*woltos m

  1. hair (of the head)

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *woltos *woltou *woltoi
vocative *wolte *woltou *woltūs
accusative *woltom *woltou *woltoms
genitive *woltī *woltous *woltom
dative *woltūi *woltobom *woltobos
locative *woltei *? *?
instrumental *woltū *woltobim *woltūis

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwollt
    • Old Breton: guolt
    • Old Cornish: gols
    • Welsh: gwallt
  • Old Irish: folt
  • Gaulish: uolto-, *woltos

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 427-8
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwallt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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