Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/delgos
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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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (“sting”), whence also Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, Latin falx.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*delgos n
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Matasović overlooks the rather important fact that Old Irish delg is a neuter s-stem.
Declension
[edit]| Neuter s-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *delgos | *delgese? | *delgesa |
| vocative | *delgos | *delgese? | *delgesa |
| accusative | *delgos | *delgese? | *delgesa |
| genitive | *delgesos | *delgesous? | *delgesom |
| dative | *delgesē | *delgesbom | *delgesbos |
| locative | *delgesi | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *delgesē | *delgesbim | *delgesbis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: delg n (“thorn; pin”)
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: dala m (“sting”)
- Old Cornish: delc(h) (“jewel”)
- →? Latin: Delgo-uicia (place name)[3]
- Gaulish:
- →? Vulgar Latin: *daculum (“sickle”) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*dhelg- ‘sting, pierce’”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 424
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*delgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “*delgo-”, 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 139