Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slougos

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 *slowgʰos, *slowgos (entourage). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sluga (servant) (compare Old Church Slavonic слоуга (sluga)), Lithuanian slaugà (servitude).

Noun edit

*slougos m

  1. troop, army

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *slougos *slougou *slougoi
vocative *slouge *slougou *slougūs
accusative *slougom *slougou *slougoms
genitive *slougī *slougous *slougom
dative *slougūi *slougobom *slougobos
locative *slougei *? *?
instrumental *slougū *slougobim *slougūis

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llʉɣ
    • Old Breton: *lu (in toponyms)
      • Breton: lu
    • Old Cornish: luu
      • Cornish: lu
    • Middle Welsh: llu
  • Old Irish: slóg, slúag
  • Gaulish: *slugi