Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wrigants
Proto-Celtic
editAlternative forms
edit- *wriggant-[1]
Etymology
editUnknown. Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”),[2] but Matasović dismisses the similarity as “probably accidental” and instead suggests a non-Indo-European substrate.[1] Less supported possibilities include Proto-Indo-European *werg- (“to suffer”)[3] and *wreyḱ- (“to bend, twist”).
Noun
edit*wrigants f
Inflection
editMasculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wrigants | *wrigante | *wrigantes |
vocative | *wrigants | *wrigante | *wrigantes |
accusative | *wrigantam | *wrigante | *wrigantans |
genitive | *wrigantos | *wrigantou | *wrigantom |
dative | *wrigantei | *wrigantobom | *wrigantobos |
locative | *wriganti | — | — |
instrumental | *wrigante? | *wrigantobim | *wrigantobis |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *gwreɣ
- Middle Irish: frige (“flesh-worm”), frigde
- Scottish Gaelic: fride (“a ringworm”)
- → Latin: (Gallo-Latin) brigantēs
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wrig(g)ant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1152”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1152
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “frìde”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 181
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe[2], volume 3, number 24, , page 23