Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aglos

Proto-Celtic edit

Etymology edit

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵʰ- (cow), see also Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬍 (azī), Old Armenian եզն (ezn), Old Irish ag (cow).[1] Matasovic compares *h₂eǵ- (to drive), though with a semantic gap.

Noun edit

*aglos m[2]

  1. litter, brood

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aglos *aglou *agloi
vocative *agle *aglou *aglūs
accusative *aglom *aglou *agloms
genitive *aglī *aglous *aglom
dative *aglūi *aglobom *aglobos
locative *aglei *? *?
instrumental *aglū *aglobim *aglūis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: ael
  • Old Irish: ál

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 7, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 7
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aglo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 26-27