Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/leigā

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 Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“lick”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“lick”) (whence English lick) and Proto-Italic *lingō (“I lick (up)”) (whence Latin lingō).

Noun

*leigā f

1. spoon

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*leigā	*leigai	*leigās
vocative	*leigā	*leigai	*leigās
accusative	*leigam	*leigai	*leigāns
genitive	*leigās	*leigous	*leigom
dative	*leigāi	*leigābom	*leigābos
locative	*leigai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*leigābim	*leigābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *lluɨɣ
  • Old Breton: loi
    • Middle Breton: loa
      • Breton: loa
  • Old Cornish: loe
    • Cornish: lo
  • Middle Welsh: llwy
    • Welsh: llwy
• Old Irish: líag, líach
  • Irish: liach
  • Manx: lheegh
  • Scottish Gaelic: liogh, liagh