Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tigus
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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]Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru derives this from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to sting”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*tigus[2]
Inflection
[edit]| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tigus | *tigū | *tigowes |
| vocative | *tigu | *tigū | *tigūs |
| accusative | *tigum | *tigū | *tigums |
| genitive | *tigous | *tigous | *tigowom |
| dative | *tigou | *tigubom | *tigubos |
| instrumental | *tigū | *tigubim | *tigubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tigus | *tigū | *tigowes |
| vocative | *tigu | *tigū | *tigūs |
| accusative | *tigum | *tigū | *tigums |
| genitive | *tigous | *tigous | *tigowom |
| dative | *tigou | *tigubom | *tigubos |
| instrumental | *tigū | *tigubim | *tigubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tigu | *tigū | *tigwā |
| vocative | *tigu | *tigū | *tigwā |
| accusative | *tigu | *tigū | *tigwā |
| genitive | *tigous | *tigous | *tigowom |
| dative | *tigou | *tigubom | *tigubos |
| instrumental | *tigū | *tigubim | *tigubis |
Derived terms
[edit]- *uɸo-tigu- (“under the end”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: tiug- (“last”)
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwedi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tigu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 379