Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wasnos

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 *h₁weh₂- (“to disappear, give out”), possibly via *h₁weh₂-s-nos or *h₁uh₂-s-nós. A close cognate seems to be Latin vānus (“empty”).^[1]

Adjective

*wasnos

weak

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wasnos	*wasnou	*wasnoi
vocative	*wasne	*wasnou	*wasnoi
accusative	*wasnom	*wasnou	*wasnoms
genitive	*wasnī	*wasnous	*wasnom
dative	*wasnūi	*wasnobom	*wasnobos
instrumental	*wasnū	*wasnobim	*wasnobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wasnā	*wasnai	*wasnās
vocative	*wasnā	*wasnai	*wasnās
accusative	*wasnam	*wasnai	*wasnams
genitive	*wasnās	*wasnous	*wasnom
dative	*wasnai	*wasnābom	*wasnābos
instrumental	*?	*wasnābim	*wasnābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wasnom	*wasnou	*wasnā
vocative	*wasnom	*wasnou	*wasnā
accusative	*wasnom	*wasnou	*wasnā
genitive	*wasnī	*wasnous	*wasnom
dative	*wasnūi	*wasnobom	*wasnobos
instrumental	*wasnū	*wasnobim	*wasnobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wasnyūs	*?	*wasnyoses
vocative	*wasnyūs	*?	*wasnyoses
accusative	*wasnyosam	*?	*wasnyosams
genitive	*wasnisos	*?	*wasnisom
dative	*wasnisei	*?	*wasnisbos
instrumental	*wasnisī	*?	*wasnisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wasnyūs	*?	*wasnyoses
vocative	*wasnyūs	*?	*wasnyoses
accusative	*wasnyosam	*?	*wasnyosams
genitive	*wasnisos	*?	*wasnisom
dative	*wasnisei	*?	*wasnisbos
instrumental	*wasnisī	*?	*wasnisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wasnis	*?	*?
vocative	*wasnis	*?	*?
accusative	*wasnis	*?	*?
genitive	*wasnisos	*?	*wasnisom
dative	*wasnisei	*?	*wasnisbos
instrumental	*wasnisī	*?	*wasnisbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwann
- Old Breton: guenion pl
  - Middle Breton: guan
    - Breton: gwan
- Old Cornish: guan
  - Middle Cornish: gwan, guan
    - Cornish: gwann
- Middle Welsh: gwann
  - Welsh: gwan
Middle Irish: fann
- Irish: fann
- Scottish Gaelic: fann

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wanno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wanno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

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