Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/drukos

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; one possibility is that it could be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (to deceive), with the voiceless -k- originating in a root noun *dʰréwgʰ-s (falsehood) (pronounced *dʰrewks, compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰrúkš).

Adjective edit

*drukos[1]

  1. bad

Inflection edit

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *drukos *drukou *drukoi
vocative *druke *drukou *drukoi
accusative *drukom *drukou *drukoms
genitive *drukī *drukous *drukom
dative *drukūi *drukobom *drukobos
instrumental *drukū *drukobim *drukobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *drukā *drukai *drukās
vocative *drukā *drukai *drukās
accusative *drukam *drukai *drukams
genitive *drukās *drukous *drukom
dative *drukai *drukābom *drukābos
instrumental *? *drukābim *drukābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *drukom *drukou *drukā
vocative *drukom *drukou *drukā
accusative *drukom *drukou *drukā
genitive *drukī *drukous *drukom
dative *drukūi *drukobom *drukobos
instrumental *drukū *drukobim *drukobis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *drug
    • Breton: drouk
    • Cornish: drug, drog
    • Middle Welsh: drwc
  • Old Irish: droch

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105