Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wergos
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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 *werǵ- (“to make”).
Adjective[edit]
*wergos[1]
Declension[edit]
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wergos | *wergou | *wergoi |
| vocative | *werge | *wergou | *wergoi |
| accusative | *wergom | *wergou | *wergoms |
| genitive | *wergī | *wergous | *wergom |
| dative | *wergūi | *wergobom | *wergobos |
| instrumental | *wergū | *wergobim | *wergobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wergā | *wergai | *wergās |
| vocative | *wergā | *wergai | *wergās |
| accusative | *wergam | *wergai | *wergams |
| genitive | *wergās | *wergous | *wergom |
| dative | *wergai | *wergābom | *wergābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wergābim | *wergābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wergom | *wergou | *wergā |
| vocative | *wergom | *wergou | *wergā |
| accusative | *wergom | *wergou | *wergā |
| genitive | *wergī | *wergous | *wergom |
| dative | *wergūi | *wergobom | *wergobos |
| instrumental | *wergū | *wergobim | *wergobis |
Related terms[edit]
- *wergā (“anger”)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwerɣ
- ⇒ Gaulish: *wergobretos (“magistrate”)
- → Latin: vergobretus
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wergā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 414