"wenyā" meaning in Proto-Celtic

See wenyā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”) and Latin Venus. Etymology templates: {{der|cel-pro|ine-pro|*wenh₁-|t=desire}} Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”), {{cog|gem-pro|*winiz|t=friend}} Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”), {{cog|la|Venus}} Latin Venus Head templates: {{head|cel-pro|noun|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} *wenyā f Inflection templates: {{cel-decl-noun-a-f|weny}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wenyā [nominative, singular], wenyai [dual, nominative], wenyās [nominative, plural], wenyā [singular, vocative], wenyai [dual, vocative], wenyās [plural, vocative], wenyam [accusative, singular], wenyai [accusative, dual], wenyāns [accusative, plural], wenyās [genitive, singular], wenyous [dual, genitive], wenyom [genitive, plural], wenyāi [dative, singular], wenyābom [dative, dual], wenyābos [dative, plural], wenyai [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], - [locative, plural], - [instrumental, singular], wenyābim [dual, instrumental], wenyābis [instrumental, plural]
  1. family, kindred Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: feminine, reconstruction Derived forms: Wenikaros
    Sense id: en-wenyā-cel-pro-noun-Q30hz7KW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Breton",
                  "lang_code": "br",
                  "word": "gouenn"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Middle Breton",
              "lang_code": "xbm",
              "word": "gouen"
            },
            {
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                {
                  "lang": "Breton",
                  "lang_code": "br",
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                }
              ],
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            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Breton",
          "lang_code": "obt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "coguenou"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "Vannes"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Veneti"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gaulish",
      "lang_code": "cel-gau",
      "sense": "Veneti",
      "word": "*Wenetoi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
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            }
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gaulish",
      "lang_code": "cel-gau",
      "sense": "clan member",
      "word": "uenicos"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "fine"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "lang_code": "sga",
      "word": "fine"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lepontic",
      "lang_code": "xlp",
      "roman": "venia",
      "word": "𐌅𐌄𐌍𐌉𐌀"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wenh₁-",
        "t": "desire"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*winiz",
        "t": "friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Venus"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cel-decl-noun-a-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyāns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*wenyā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weny"
      },
      "name": "cel-decl-noun-a-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wenyā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Wenikaros"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "family, kindred"
      ],
      "id": "en-wenyā-cel-pro-noun-Q30hz7KW",
      "links": [
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "kindred",
          "kindred"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenyā"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Wenikaros"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
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                {
                  "lang": "Breton",
                  "lang_code": "br",
                  "word": "gouenn"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Middle Breton",
              "lang_code": "xbm",
              "word": "gouen"
            },
            {
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                {
                  "lang": "Breton",
                  "lang_code": "br",
                  "word": "gouenn"
                }
              ],
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              "lang_code": "xbm",
              "word": "gouenn"
            }
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          "lang_code": "obt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "coguenou"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "Vannes"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Veneti"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "cel-gau",
      "sense": "Veneti",
      "word": "*Wenetoi"
    },
    {
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              "lang_code": "fr",
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          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Veneti"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "cel-gau",
      "sense": "clan member",
      "word": "uenicos"
    },
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          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "fine"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "sga",
      "word": "fine"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lepontic",
      "lang_code": "xlp",
      "roman": "venia",
      "word": "𐌅𐌄𐌍𐌉𐌀"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wenh₁-",
        "t": "desire"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*winiz",
        "t": "friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Venus"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”) and Latin Venus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cel-decl-noun-a-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyāns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenyābis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*wenyā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weny"
      },
      "name": "cel-decl-noun-a-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wenyā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Celtic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic lemmas",
        "Proto-Celtic nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Celtic ā-stem nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "family, kindred"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "kindred",
          "kindred"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenyā"
}

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