Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lorgā

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Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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Old Norse lurkr (club) (source of Swedish lurk (lout, boor)) is related, but it could be a borrowing from Celtic. If so, the Celtic is without Indo-European cognates, and could be ultimately borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate.

Pokorny, however, derives both from Proto-Indo-European *lorgā- (club, stick), also comparing regional German Lorg, Lork (mythical giant)[1]

Noun

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*lorgā f[2]

  1. club, stick

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lorgā *lorgai *lorgās
vocative *lorgā *lorgai *lorgās
accusative *lorgam *lorgai *lorgāms
genitive *lorgās *lorgous *lorgom
dative *lorgāi *lorgābom *lorgābos
locative *lorgai *? *?
instrumental *? *lorgābim *lorgābis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *llorɣ
  • Old Irish: lorg (club, staff, stick)

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “691-92”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 691-92
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lorgā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 244-45

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llory”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies