Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slougos

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 *slowgʰos, *slowgos (“entourage”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sluga (“servant”) (compare Old Church Slavonic слоуга (sluga)), Lithuanian slaugà (“servitude”).

Noun

*slougos m

1. troop, army

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slougos	*slougou	*slougoi
vocative	*slouge	*slougou	*slougoi
accusative	*slougom	*slougou	*slougoms
genitive	*slougī	*slougous	*slougom
dative	*slougūi	*slougobom	*slougobos
locative	*slougei	*?	*?
instrumental	*slougū	*slougobim	*slougūis

Derived terms

• *tegoslougom

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *llʉɣ
  • Old Breton: *lu (in toponyms)
    • Breton: lu
  • Old Cornish: luu
    • Cornish: lu
  • Middle Welsh: llu
    • Welsh: llu
• Old Irish: slóg, slúag
  • Middle Irish: slúagh
    • Irish: slua, sluagh (superseded)
      • → English: slew
    • Scottish Gaelic: sluagh
    • Manx: sleih
• Gaulish: *slugi