"watis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Gaulish]

IPA: [ˈwaː.tis] Forms: wātis [canonical, masculine]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *wātis, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, inspired”). Cognate with Old Irish fáith (“seer, soothsayer, prophet”), Latin vātēs (“poet, seer, prophet”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cel-gau|cel-pro|*wātis}} Proto-Celtic *wātis, {{der|cel-gau|ine-pro|*weh₂t-||excited, inspired}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, inspired”), {{cog|sga|fáith||seer, soothsayer, prophet}} Old Irish fáith (“seer, soothsayer, prophet”), {{cog|la|vātēs||poet, seer, prophet}} Latin vātēs (“poet, seer, prophet”) Head templates: {{head|cel-gau|noun|g=m|head=*wātis}} *wātis m
  1. seer Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-watis-cel-gau-noun-vBInrmM8 Categories (other): Gaulish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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    }
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "poet, seer, prophet"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Gaulish/watis",
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vātēs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "poet, seer, prophet"
      },
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwaː.tis]"
    }
  ],
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}

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