Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/āgos
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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. |
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agos
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”),[1] but the derivation of the long vowel *ā is unclear.[2]
Noun
[edit]*āgos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *āgos | *āgou | *āgoi |
| vocative | *āge | *āgou | *āgoi |
| accusative | *āgom | *āgou | *āgoms |
| genitive | *āgī | *āgous | *āgom |
| dative | *āgūi | *āgobom | *āgobos |
| locative | *āgei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *āgū | *āgobim | *āgūis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ago-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 35
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-250