Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trougiyā

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 *trougos (“miserable”) +‎ *-iyā (deadjectival abstract suffix).

Noun

*trougiyā f^[1]

misery, wretchedness, sorrow

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*trougiyā	*trougiyai	*trougiyās
vocative	*trougiyā	*trougiyai	*trougiyās
accusative	*trougiyam	*trougiyai	*trougiyāms
genitive	*trougiyās	*trougiyous	*trougiyom
dative	*trougiyāi	*trougiyābom	*trougiyābos
locative	*trougiyai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*trougiyābim	*trougiyābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *trʉɣeð
- Old Breton: trued
  - Middle Breton: truez
    - Breton: truez
Old Irish: trógae
- Middle Irish: trúaige
  - Irish: trua
  - Scottish Gaelic: truaighe

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “trougo-, trouget-”, 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 303

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “trougo-, trouget-”, 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 303

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