Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ēglā

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyǵʰ- (“to desire”), formed with the same *-lā suffix that belies *kaglā (yielding Welsh cael (“to get”)), *sāglā (yielding Welsh hawl (“plea, demand, claim”)), and *gabaglā (“taking”).

Noun

*ēglā f

1. cry
2. crying, weeping

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ēglā	*ēglai	*ēglās
vocative	*ēglā	*ēglai	*ēglās
accusative	*ēglam	*ēglai	*ēglāms
genitive	*ēglās	*ēglous	*ēglom
dative	*ēglāi	*ēglābom	*ēglābos
locative	*ēglai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*ēglābim	*ēglābis

Related terms

• *yēgeti

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: (denominative verbs)
  • Middle Breton: goelaff, gouelaff
    • Breton: gouelañ
  • Middle Cornish: wole, ole
    • Cornish: ole, (revived) ola
  • Middle Welsh: wylo
    • Welsh: wylo
• ⇒ Middle Irish: éle (“prayer, incantation”)