Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agrokū

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 *agrom (“slaughter, battle”) +‎ *kū (“dog, hound”).

Noun

*agrokū m[1]

  1. war dog

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *agrokū *agrokone *agrokones
vocative *agrokū *agrokone *agrokones
accusative *agrokonam *agrokone *agrokonans
genitive *agrokunos *agrokunou *agrokunom
dative *agrokunei *agrokunobom *agrokunobos
locative *agrokuni — —
instrumental *agrokune? *agrokunobim *agrokunobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aɨrgi
    • Middle Welsh: aergi
  • Old Irish: árchú

References

  1. ^ John Koch, editor (2006), “warfare, Proto-Celtic vocabulary”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1750
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