Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/awelā

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 *h₂ewh₁eleh₂, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Noun

*awelā f

1. wind, breeze

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*awelā	*awelai	*awelās
vocative	*awelā	*awelai	*awelās
accusative	*awelam	*awelai	*awelāms
genitive	*awelās	*awelous	*awelom
dative	*awelāi	*awelābom	*awelābos
locative	*awelai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*awelābim	*awelābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *awel
  • Old Breton: avelou
    • Middle Breton: avel, auel (“wind”)
      • Breton: awel
  • Old Cornish: auhel
    • Cornish: awel
  • Middle Welsh: awel
    • Welsh: awel
• Gallaecian: *awilā
  • ⇒ Gallaecian: *Awilyobris
    • → Latin: Aviliobris