Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Lugus
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European. The exact root is unknown. More at Lugus.
Proper noun
edit*Lugus m
- A Celtic god identified with Mercury.
Declension
editMasculine/feminine u-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *Lugus | — | — |
vocative | *Lugu | — | — |
accusative | *Lugum | — | — |
genitive | *Lugous | — | — |
dative | *Lugou | — | — |
locative | *? | — | — |
instrumental | *Lugū | — | — |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *Llọw
- Celtiberian: Luguei (Dative singular)
- Gaulish: *Lugus
- Primitive Irish: ᚂᚒᚌ (lug)
References
editMatasović, Ranko (2009) “*Lugu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 248