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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wastu

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 *h₂wóstu (“home, dwelling”).

Noun

*wastu n[1]

  1. dwelling

Inflection
Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wastu *wastū *wastwā
vocative *wastu *wastū *wastwā
accusative *wastu *wastū *wastwā
genitive *wastous *wastous *wastowom
dative *wastou *wastubom *wastubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *wastū *wastubim *wastubis

Descendants
  • Middle Welsh: gwas

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wastu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
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