Arvorec plural endings

Well, all this talk of plurals in Welsh and Brithenig has got me thinking about the
plausibility of the Arvorec plural endings. This is my derivation so far:

O-stems
I've taken the dative plural -obe as my basic plural ending, giving the Arvorec -ow.
Gaulish: aballos (nom s) --> aballobe (dat pl)
Arvorec: aval (s) --> avallow (pl)

A-stems
Paralelling the formation of the o-stems, I'm using the dative plural again, -abe, to give
Arvorec -aw.
Gaulish: banata (nom s) --> banatabe (dat pl)
Arvorec: banad (s) --> banadaw (pl)

I-stems
Instead of using the dative plural, I've used the genitive plural -ion.
Gaulish: pettia (nom s) --> pettion (gen pl)
Arvorec: peth (s) --> pethyon (pl)

U-stems
Again, u-stems use the dative plural -uebo to give -wew:
Gaulish uebrus (nom s) --> uebruebo (dat pl)
Arvorec: gwevyr (s) --> gwevrwew (pl)

However, I'm thinking about copying the i-stems and use the ganitive plural -uon, which would give
Gaulish: uebrus --> uebruon
Arvorec: gwevyr --> gwevron

N-stems
N-stems use the nominative plural -ones:#
Gaulish animon (nom s) -> animones (nom pl)
Arvorec: aenyf --> aenyvon

R-stems
R-stems are rare in Arvorec, and migrate to the o-stems.

Consonant stems.
I'm currently using -ew from the dative plural -ebo:
Gaulish: druids (nom s) --> druidebo (dat pl)
Arvorec: drwyth (s) --> drwydhew (pl)

What I'm wondering is how plausible is all this? Any better suggestions, from
Brythonic examples? Also, what is the origin of the welsh plural ending -oedd,
oh, and -od while were at it?

Thanks for any help (I'm really expecting Keith to answer this one ;o) )

Dan



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Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo".

Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá
alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama
yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam 
vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira."
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Dan Jones

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