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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). If so, cognate with Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bend”), Sanskrit भुजति (bhujati, “to bend”). Matasović considers this dubious due to the unexpected gemination.
Adjective
*buggos[1][2]
- soft, tender
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*buggos
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*buggou
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*buggoi
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| vocative
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*bugge
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*buggou
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*buggoi
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| accusative
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*buggom
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*buggou
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*buggons
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| genitive
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*buggī
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*buggous
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*buggom
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| dative
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*buggūi
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*buggobom
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*buggobos
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| instrumental
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*buggū
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*buggobim
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*buggobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*buggā
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*buggai
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*buggās
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| vocative
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*buggā
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*buggai
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*buggās
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| accusative
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*buggam
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*buggai
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*buggans
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| genitive
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*buggās
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*buggous
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*buggom
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| dative
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*buggai
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*buggābom
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*buggābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*buggābim
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*buggābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*buggom
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*buggou
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*buggā
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| vocative
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*buggom
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*buggou
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*buggā
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| accusative
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*buggom
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*buggou
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*buggā
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| genitive
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*buggī
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*buggous
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*buggom
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| dative
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*buggūi
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*buggobom
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*buggobos
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| instrumental
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*buggū
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*buggobim
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*buggobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*buggyūs
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*?
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*buggyoses
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| vocative
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*buggyūs
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*?
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*buggyoses
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| accusative
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*buggyosam
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*?
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*buggyosans
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| genitive
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*buggisos
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*?
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*buggisom
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| dative
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*buggisei
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*?
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*buggisbos
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| instrumental
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*buggisī
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*?
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*buggisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*buggyūs
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*?
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*buggyoses
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| vocative
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*buggyūs
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*?
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*buggyoses
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| accusative
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*buggyosam
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*?
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*buggyosans
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| genitive
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*buggisos
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*?
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*buggisom
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| dative
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*buggisei
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*?
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*buggisbos
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| instrumental
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*buggisī
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*?
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*buggisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*buggis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*buggis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*buggis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*buggisos
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*?
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*buggisom
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| dative
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*buggisei
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*?
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*buggisbos
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| instrumental
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*buggisī
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*?
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*buggisbis
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: boc
- → Old Breton: buc
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jørgensen, Anders Richardt (22 September 2022) “Celtic”, in The Indo-European Language Family, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 135–151
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*buggo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 82