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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trāgi

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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

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Etymology

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Often connected to *tregess (foot),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (to drag, run),[2] but Matasovic disputes this on semantic grounds.

Noun

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*trāgi f[3]

  1. low tide, beach

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: tráig

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “traogh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1089”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1089
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tragi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 387