Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dagos
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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
Unknown. None of the proposed etymologies is plausible (compare ταχύς (takhús, “fast”), tækur (“acceptable”).[1]
Adjective edit
*dagos
Inflection edit
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dagos | *dagou | *dagoi |
| vocative | *dage | *dagou | *dagoi |
| accusative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagoms |
| genitive | *dagī | *dagous | *dagom |
| dative | *dagūi | *dagobom | *dagobos |
| instrumental | *dagū | *dagobim | *dagobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dagā | *dagai | *dagās |
| vocative | *dagā | *dagai | *dagās |
| accusative | *dagam | *dagai | *dagams |
| genitive | *dagās | *dagous | *dagom |
| dative | *dagai | *dagābom | *dagābos |
| instrumental | *? | *dagābim | *dagābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagā |
| vocative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagā |
| accusative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagā |
| genitive | *dagī | *dagous | *dagom |
| dative | *dagūi | *dagobom | *dagobos |
| instrumental | *dagū | *dagobim | *dagobis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Brythonic: *daɣ (attested in the Bath curse tablets as an-dagin (“worthless”, accusative singular feminine)).
- Old Irish: dag-, deg-
- Gaulish: dagos
References edit
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1996) “dag”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume D, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page D-7f.
Further reading edit
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “dagos”, 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 134