Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wregis

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 *h₁wreǵ- (“to enclose”), related to Ancient Greek ἔργω (érgō, “to close off, enclose”) and Sanskrit वृज (vṛja, “wattle, fence”).^[1]

Noun

*wregis f

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wregis	*wregī	*wregīs
vocative	*wregi	*wregī	*wregīs
accusative	*wregim	*wregī	*wregins
genitive	*wregeis	*wregyow	*wregyom
dative	*wregei	*wregibom	*wregibos
locative	*wregei	*?	*?
instrumental	*wregī	*wregibim	*wregibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwrɨɣ
- ⇒ Middle Welsh: achure, achre
  - Welsh: achwre, achre
Old Irish: fraig
- Middle Irish: fraig
  - Irish: fraigh
  - Scottish Gaelic: fraigh

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wregi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wregi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430

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