Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agrokū

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 *agrom (“slaughter, battle”) +‎ *kū (“dog, hound”).

Noun

*agrokū m

1. war dog

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*agrokuns	*agrokune	*agrokunes
vocative	*agrokuns	*agrokune	*agrokunes
accusative	*agrokunam	*agrokune	*agrokunams
genitive	*agrokunos	*agrokunou	*agrokunom
dative	*agrokunei	*agrokunobom	*agrokunobos
locative	*agrokuni	—	—
instrumental	*agrokune?	*agrokunobim	*agrokunobis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *aɨrgi
  • Middle Welsh: aergi
• Old Irish: árchú
  • Middle Irish: árchú