Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸogaisos

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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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From *uɸo- (under-) +‎ *gaisos (spear), literally under-spear.

Noun

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*uɸogaisos m[1]

  1. some lesser type of spear

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸogaisos *uɸogaisou *uɸogaisoi
vocative *uɸogaise *uɸogaisou *uɸogaisoi
accusative *uɸogaisom *uɸogaisou *uɸogaisoms
genitive *uɸogaisī *uɸogaisous *uɸogaisom
dative *uɸogaisūi *uɸogaisobom *uɸogaisobos
locative *uɸogaisei *? *?
instrumental *uɸogaisū *uɸogaisobim *uɸogaisūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwoɣoɨw[2]
  • Old Irish: fogae

References

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  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “gaiso-”, 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 174
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 131