Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ogmos
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos, from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄγμος (ógmos) and Sanskrit अज्म (ajma).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*ogmos m
Inflection
[edit]Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *ogmos | *ogmou | *ogmoi |
vocative | *ogme | *ogmou | *ogmūs |
accusative | *ogmom | *ogmou | *ogmoms |
genitive | *ogmī | *ogmous | *ogmom |
dative | *ogmūi | *ogmobom | *ogmobos |
locative | *ogmei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *ogmū | *ogmobim | *ogmūis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- This word has a consonant cluster *-gm- which has caused much controversy over what its Goidelic outcome should be.
- Unlike many other obstruent + nasal clusters, -gm- does not seem to yield a long vowel via the deletion of -g- and compensatory lengthening; instead, the -g- is preserved.
- Many scholars, across centuries, refused to accept that the preservation of the -g- in a cluster -gm- could happen, and therefore deny a connection with Ancient Greek ὄγμος (ógmos).
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ogmios”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 239
- ^ Stifter, David (2020 May 1) “Insular Celtic: Ogam”, in Palaeohispanica, number 20, , →ISSN, pages 855–885