Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/legus
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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. |
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus ~ *h₁ln̥gʷʰéws.
Adjective
[edit]*legus (comparative *lagyūs, superlative *lagisamos)[1][2][3]
Inflection
[edit]| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *legus | *legū | *legowes |
| vocative | *legu | *legū | *legūs |
| accusative | *legum | *legū | *legums |
| genitive | *lagous | *lagous | *lagowom |
| dative | *lagou | *lagubom | *lagubos |
| instrumental | *lagū | *lagubim | *lagubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *legus | *legū | *legowes |
| vocative | *legu | *legū | *legūs |
| accusative | *legum | *legū | *legums |
| genitive | *lagous | *lagous | *lagowom |
| dative | *lagou | *lagubom | *lagubos |
| instrumental | *lagū | *lagubim | *lagubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *legu | *legū | *legwā |
| vocative | *legu | *legū | *legwā |
| accusative | *legu | *legū | *legwā |
| genitive | *lagous | *lagous | *lagowom |
| dative | *lagou | *lagubom | *lagubos |
| instrumental | *lagū | *lagubim | *lagubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *llaɣw
- Old Irish: lagu, laugu, laigiu
- >? Gaulish: lau (a word in a Marcellus of Bordeaux charm)
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 305: “*lagu̯-o-;*lagu-”
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “small *legu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 321
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*legu-, *lagu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236