Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/togyā
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *tog- (“covering”) + *-yā (action noun suffix), ultimately from the root Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”).
Noun[edit]
*togyā f
Inflection[edit]
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *togyā | *togyai | *togyās |
| vocative | *togyā | *togyai | *togyās |
| accusative | *togyam | *togyai | *togyāms |
| genitive | *togyās | *togyous | *togyom |
| dative | *togyāi | *togyābom | *togyābos |
| locative | *togyai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *togyābim | *togyābis |
Reconstruction notes[edit]
The formation of the apparent Brittonic counterpart *toɣ is complicated and uncertain. Schrijver states that hypothetically *togyā can directly phonetically yield *toɣ m,[1] but Gordon points out that there are o-stem compound formations in Old Irish to account for (an o-stem formation can also yield the Brittonic forms, and without gender mismatch). Gordon hence reconstructs a primary o-stem *togos to yield both the Old Irish o-stem formations and the Brittonic derivates, onto which *-yā is further suffixed to create *togyā.[2]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 311-312
- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 320-321