Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adbo(u)giyos

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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

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Etymology

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From *ad- (used here as an intensifying prefix) +‎ *bo(u)giyos (breaker).[1][2]

Noun

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*adbo(u)giyos m

  1. heavy hitter?

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *adbo(u)giyos *adbo(u)giyou *adbo(u)giyoi
vocative *adbo(u)giye *adbo(u)giyou *adbo(u)giyoi
accusative *adbo(u)giyom *adbo(u)giyou *adbo(u)giyoms
genitive *adbo(u)giyī *adbo(u)giyous *adbo(u)giyom
dative *adbo(u)giyūi *adbo(u)giyobom *adbo(u)giyobos
locative *adbo(u)giyei *? *?
instrumental *adbo(u)giyū *adbo(u)giyobim *adbo(u)giyūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *abuɨ
  • Gaulish: *Adbogios

References

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