Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bo(u)giyos

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

An *-iyos agent noun; the root is unclear. The root could be either:

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”), whence *bungeti (“to break”) (preferred by Bretnach, Schrijver, and Koch)^[1]^[2]^[3]
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to break”), whence *begeti (“to break”) (preferred by McCone, Delamarre, Matasović, and Salomon)^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Noun

*bo(u)giyos m

someone who breaks

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bo(u)gyos	*bo(u)gyou	*bo(u)gyoi
vocative	*bo(u)gye	*bo(u)gyou	*bo(u)gyoi
accusative	*bo(u)gyom	*bo(u)gyou	*bo(u)gyoms
genitive	*bo(u)gyī	*bo(u)gyous	*bo(u)gyom
dative	*bo(u)gyūi	*bo(u)gyobom	*bo(u)gyobos
locative	*bo(u)gyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bo(u)gyū	*bo(u)gyobim	*bo(u)gyūis

Derived terms

Descendants

⇒ Middle Irish: ráthbuige (“builder/destroyer of ramparts”) (epithet of Dagda)
Gaulish: *bogios
- ⇒ Gaulish: I𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌐𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌔, 𐌔𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌐𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌔, Toutobocio, 𐌑𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌐𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌔, 𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌐𐌏𐌗𐌉𐌏𐌔, *Namantobogios
  - → Latin: Namantobogius, Setubogius

References

^ Breatnach, Liam (1983) “Varia IV”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 34, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 194–195
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 306
^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 46
^ McCone, Kim (1995) “OIr. senchae, senchaid and preliminaries on agent noun formation in Celtic”, in Ériu, volume 46, pages 1–10
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bego-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “bogio-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 81
^ Salomon, Corinna (2009–present) Lexicon Leponticum‎^[3], bog-

[1] Breatnach, Liam (1983) “Varia IV”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 34, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 194–195

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 306

[3] Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 46

[4] McCone, Kim (1995) “OIr. senchae, senchaid and preliminaries on agent noun formation in Celtic”, in Ériu, volume 46, pages 1–10

[5] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bego-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 60

[6] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “bogio-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 81

[7] Salomon, Corinna (2009–present) Lexicon Leponticum‎^[3], bog-

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