Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/delgos
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (“sting”), whence also Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, Latin falx.
Noun edit
*delgos m
Declension edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *delgos | *delgou | *delgoi |
| vocative | *delge | *delgou | *delgūs |
| accusative | *delgom | *delgou | *delgoms |
| genitive | *delgī | *delgous | *delgom |
| dative | *delgūi | *delgobom | *delgobos |
| locative | *delgei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *delgū | *delgobim | *delgūis |
Descendants edit
- Old Irish: delg (“thorn; pin”)
- Middle Welsh: dala (“sting”)
- Old Cornish: delc(h) (“jewel”)
- Gaulish:
- →? Vulgar Latin: *daculum (“sickle”)
References edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*delgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94