Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/enigenos

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

From *eni- (“in-”) +‎ *-genos (“born”).

Adjective

*enigenos

1. born into a social group (e.g. a family, a lineage)

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enigenos	*enigenou	*enigenoi
vocative	*enigene	*enigenou	*enigenoi
accusative	*enigenom	*enigenou	*enigenoms
genitive	*enigenī	*enigenous	*enigenom
dative	*enigenūi	*enigenobom	*enigenobos
instrumental	*enigenū	*enigenobim	*enigenobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enigenā	*enigenai	*enigenās
vocative	*enigenā	*enigenai	*enigenās
accusative	*enigenam	*enigenai	*enigenams
genitive	*enigenās	*enigenous	*enigenom
dative	*enigenai	*enigenābom	*enigenābos
instrumental	*?	*enigenābim	*enigenābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enigenom	*enigenou	*enigenā
vocative	*enigenom	*enigenou	*enigenā
accusative	*enigenom	*enigenou	*enigenā
genitive	*enigenī	*enigenous	*enigenom
dative	*enigenūi	*enigenobom	*enigenobos
instrumental	*enigenū	*enigenobim	*enigenobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enigenyūs	*?	*enigenyoses
vocative	*enigenyūs	*?	*enigenyoses
accusative	*enigenyosam	*?	*enigenyosams
genitive	*enigenisos	*?	*enigenisom
dative	*enigenisei	*?	*enigenisbos
instrumental	*enigenisī	*?	*enigenisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enigenyūs	*?	*enigenyoses
vocative	*enigenyūs	*?	*enigenyoses
accusative	*enigenyosam	*?	*enigenyosams
genitive	*enigenisos	*?	*enigenisom
dative	*enigenisei	*?	*enigenisbos
instrumental	*enigenisī	*?	*enigenisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enigenis	*?	*?
vocative	*enigenis	*?	*?
accusative	*enigenis	*?	*?
genitive	*enigenisos	*?	*enigenisom
dative	*enigenisei	*?	*enigenisbos
instrumental	*enigenisī	*?	*enigenisbis

Reconstruction notes

• De Bernardo Stempel assigns an adjectival meaning "born inside a social group" to this "shared compound" in common between Gaulish and Irish. Even though De Bernardo Stempel does not explicitly reconstruct an adjective herself, doing so would be the simplest way to unify the opposite-gender reflexes between Gaulish and Irish.

Descendants

• Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena, “daughter”)
  • Old Irish: ingen
    • Middle Irish: ingen
      • Irish: iníon, inghean (superseded), inghin, inín (Connacht), nighean, níon (Ulster), inín
      • Manx: inneen
      • Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
      • Irish: iníonas
• Gaulish: *Enigenos
  • → Latin: Enigenus