Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/āgos

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.
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agos

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”),[1] but the derivation of the long vowel *ā is unclear.[2]

Noun

*āgos m

  1. fight, battle, contest

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *āgos *āgou *āgoi
vocative *āge *āgou *āgoi
accusative *āgom *āgou *āgons
genitive *āgī *āgous *āgom
dative *āgūi *āgobom *āgobos
locative *āgei *? *?
instrumental *āgū *āgobim *āgūis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Irish: ág
  • Gaulish: *āgos
    • →⇒ Ancient Greek: Τολιστοάγιοι (Tolistoágioi)
    • →⇒ Latin: Agorix, Arviragus, Agelitus, Comagus, Comagius, Comagia

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ago-”, 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 35
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-250
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