deog
Middle Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish deug. If related to Welsh diod (“drink”), from Proto-Celtic *dī-āti-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Possibly also cognate with Latvian dažyti (“to paint, dye”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]deog f (genitive dige)
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| deog | deog pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ndeog |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “deog”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page deog
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deog, deoch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language