Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/orgenā
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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 a feminine substantivization of a *-nós verbal adjective built to the present stem *orge/o- of *orgeti.[1]
Noun
[edit]*orgenā f[2]
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *orgenā | *orgenai | *orgenās |
| vocative | *orgenā | *orgenai | *orgenās |
| accusative | *orgenam | *orgenai | *orgenāms |
| genitive | *orgenās | *orgenous | *orgenom |
| dative | *orgenāi | *orgenābom | *orgenābos |
| locative | *orgenai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *orgenābim | *orgenābis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: orcun
- →⇒ Latin: Orgeno (Gaulish theonym)
- →⇒ Latin: Orgenomesquī (name of a Cantabrian tribe, literally “drunk on slaughter”)
References
[edit]- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 113
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “orget(o)-, orgeno-”, 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 244