Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wergā

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

Etymology

Likely related to Ancient Greek ὀργή (orgḗ, “passion, anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵéh₂, from the root *werǵ- (“to make”).

Noun

*wergā f

1. anger

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wergā	*wergai	*wergās
vocative	*wergā	*wergai	*wergās
accusative	*wergam	*wergai	*wergāms
genitive	*wergās	*wergous	*wergom
dative	*wergāi	*wergābom	*wergābos
locative	*wergai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wergābim	*wergābis

Related terms

• *wergos
• *wergiwyos
  • Old Irish: fairrge, fairge, foirrgae, fairggae
    • Irish: farraige
    • Manx: faarkey
    • Scottish Gaelic: fairge
  • → Ancient Greek: Οὐεργιούιος (Ouergioúios, “the Celtic Sea”)
  • → Latin: vergivius

Descendants

• Old Irish: ferg, ferc, fergg
  • Middle Irish: ferg
    • Irish: fearg
    • Manx: ferg
    • Scottish Gaelic: fearg