Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/leigis

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

Possibly borrowed Proto-Germanic *lēkiz (“healing; medicine; healer”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- (“to care for”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*leigis f^[1]

healer

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*leigis	*leigī	*leigīs
vocative	*leigi	*leigī	*leigīs
accusative	*leigim	*leigī	*leigims
genitive	*leigeis	*leigyow	*leigyom
dative	*leigei	*leigibom	*leigibos
locative	*leigei	*?	*?
instrumental	*leigī	*leigibim	*leigibis

Alternative reconstructions

*leagis^[2]
*lēgyos^[3]
*lēɸagis^[4]^[1]
*līagis, *līɸagis^[5]

Descendants

Old Irish: líaig
- Irish: lia
- Scottish Gaelic: lèigh
→? Proto-Germanic: *lēkijaz

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lēkjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “Celt *lēgi- < *lēpagi-”
^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296: “*leagis”
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “Celtic *legio-”
^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Læka”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), pages 404-405: “*lēpagi-”
^ Koch, John (2004) “*lī(φ)agi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[4], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 96

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lēkjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “Celt *lēgi- < *lēpagi-”

[2] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296: “*leagis”

[3] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “Celtic *legio-”

[4] Torp, Alf (1919) “Læka”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), pages 404-405: “*lēpagi-”

[5] Koch, John (2004) “*lī(φ)agi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[4], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 96

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