Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tegos

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 *(s)teg- (“cover, roof”).

Noun

*tegos n

1. house, dwelling

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tegos	*tegese?	*tegesa
vocative	*tegos	*tegese?	*tegesa
accusative	*tegos	*tegese?	*tegesa
genitive	*tegesos	*tegesous?	*tegesom
dative	*tegesē	*tegesbom	*tegesbos
locative	*tegesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*tegesē	*tegesbim	*tegesbis

Derived terms

• *kom-teges-nos (“sharing the same house > common”)
  • Old Irish: coitchen, coitchenn, coitchent
    • Middle Irish: coitchend, coitchenn
      • Irish: coiteann
      • Scottish Gaelic: coitcheann
      • Manx: cadjin
• *tegoslougom (“family, household”)

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *tɨɣ
  • Old Breton: tig
    • Breton: ti
  • Old Cornish: ti
    • Cornish: chi, chy
  • Middle Welsh: ty
    • Welsh: tŷ
• Old Irish: tech, teg
  • Irish: teach
  • Manx: çhagh, thie
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: tech midchuarta
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: tech n-óil
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: tech talman
• Celtiberian:
  • → Galician: tei (obsolete)