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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/widubiyom

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 *widu- (“wood”) +‎ *bi- (“to strike”) +‎ *-om (verbal noun suffix).[1][2][3]

Noun

*widubiyom n[2]

  1. billhook

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *widubiyom *widubiyou *widubiyā
vocative *widubiyom *widubiyou *widubiyā
accusative *widubiyom *widubiyou *widubiyā
genitive *widubiyī *widubiyous *widubiyom
dative *widubiyūi *widubiyobom *widubiyobos
locative *widubiyei *? *?
instrumental *widubiyū *widubiyobim *widubiyūis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: guedom, guodob
      • Middle Breton: gousifyat, gouzifyad
    • Old Welsh: uidimm
      • Middle Welsh: gwddyf
        • Welsh: gwddi (obsolete)
  • Old Irish: fidbae
  • Gaulish: *uidubion
    • → Latin: vidubium

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwddyf, gwddi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*widu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 420
  3. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uidubion”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 320
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