Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/delgos
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (“sting”), whence also Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, Latin falx.
Noun
[edit]*delgos m
Declension
[edit]Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *delgos | *delgou | *delgoi |
vocative | *delge | *delgou | *delgūs |
accusative | *delgom | *delgou | *delgoms |
genitive | *delgī | *delgous | *delgom |
dative | *delgūi | *delgobom | *delgobos |
locative | *delgei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *delgū | *delgobim | *delgūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: delg (“thorn; pin”)
- Middle Welsh: dala (“sting”)
- Old Cornish: delc(h) (“jewel”)
- Gaulish:
- →? Vulgar Latin: *daculum (“sickle”)
References
[edit]- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*delgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94