Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Awiganyos

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

From *awi- (“desire”) +‎ *ganyos (“birth”).[1][2]

Proper noun

*Awiganyos m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Awiganyos — —
vocative *Awiganye — —
accusative *Awiganyom — —
genitive *Awiganyī — —
dative *Awiganyūi — —
locative *Awiganyei — —
instrumental *Awiganyū — —

Descendants

  • Early Brythonic: *Awɨɣėn
    • Old Breton: Even, Ewen
      • Middle Breton: Ivan
        • Breton: Yven, Ivin
        • → French: Ivain
    • Old Welsh: Ougein, Eugein
  • Old Irish: Úgaine, Augaine (possibly borrowed from Brythonic[3])

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 268-269
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “aui-, auitianos”, 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 61
  3. ^ Pedersen, Holger, Lewis, Henry (1962) Supplement to a Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 4
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