Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/angus

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 *h₂énǵʰus.

Adjective

*angus^[1]

narrow

Inflection

U-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*angus	*angū	*angowes
vocative	*angu	*angū	*angūs
accusative	*angum	*angū	*angums
genitive	*angous	*angous	*angowom
dative	*angou	*angubom	*angubos
instrumental	*angū	*angubim	*angubis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*angus	*angū	*angowes
vocative	*angu	*angū	*angūs
accusative	*angum	*angū	*angums
genitive	*angous	*angous	*angowom
dative	*angou	*angubom	*angubos
instrumental	*angū	*angubim	*angubis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*angu	*angū	*angwā
vocative	*angu	*angū	*angwā
accusative	*angu	*angū	*angwā
genitive	*angous	*angous	*angowom
dative	*angou	*angubom	*angubos
instrumental	*angū	*angubim	*angubis

Derived terms

*komangus (+ *kom- (“with, together”)) (see there for further descendants)
*exs-angus (literally “un-narrow”)
- Proto-Brythonic:
  - Middle Welsh: ehang
    - Welsh: ehang, eang

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: enc
  - Middle Breton: encq
    - Breton: enk
- Middle Welsh: ing
Old Irish: ing (“plight, peril”)
- Middle Irish: ing

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*angu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*angu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36

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