Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/drukos

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.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Unknown; one possibility is that it could be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive”), with the voiceless -k- originating in a root noun *dʰréwgʰ-s (“falsehood”) (pronounced *dʰrewks, compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰrúkš).

Adjective

*drukos

1. bad

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drukos	*drukou	*drukoi
vocative	*druke	*drukou	*drukoi
accusative	*drukom	*drukou	*drukoms
genitive	*drukī	*drukous	*drukom
dative	*drukūi	*drukobom	*drukobos
instrumental	*drukū	*drukobim	*drukobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drukā	*drukai	*drukās
vocative	*drukā	*drukai	*drukās
accusative	*drukam	*drukai	*drukams
genitive	*drukās	*drukous	*drukom
dative	*drukai	*drukābom	*drukābos
instrumental	*?	*drukābim	*drukābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drukom	*drukou	*drukā
vocative	*drukom	*drukou	*drukā
accusative	*drukom	*drukou	*drukā
genitive	*drukī	*drukous	*drukom
dative	*drukūi	*drukobom	*drukobos
instrumental	*drukū	*drukobim	*drukobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drukyūs	*?	*drukyoses
vocative	*drukyūs	*?	*drukyoses
accusative	*drukyosam	*?	*drukyosams
genitive	*drukisos	*?	*drukisom
dative	*drukisei	*?	*drukisbos
instrumental	*drukisī	*?	*drukisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drukyūs	*?	*drukyoses
vocative	*drukyūs	*?	*drukyoses
accusative	*drukyosam	*?	*drukyosams
genitive	*drukisos	*?	*drukisom
dative	*drukisei	*?	*drukisbos
instrumental	*drukisī	*?	*drukisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drukis	*?	*?
vocative	*drukis	*?	*?
accusative	*drukis	*?	*?
genitive	*drukisos	*?	*drukisom
dative	*drukisei	*?	*drukisbos
instrumental	*drukisī	*?	*drukisbis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *drug
  • Breton: drouk
  • Cornish: drug, drog
  • Middle Welsh: drwc
    • Welsh: drwg
• Old Irish: droch
  • Irish: droch-, droch
  • Manx: drogh
  • Scottish Gaelic: droch