Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lorgom

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; Matasović rules out Old Armenian ողորկ (ołork, “smooth”) as a "chance similarity".[1]

Noun

*lorgom n

  1. track, trace

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lorgom *lorgou *lorgā
vocative *lorgom *lorgou *lorgā
accusative *lorgom *lorgou *lorgā
genitive *lorgī *lorgous *lorgom
dative *lorgūi *lorgobom *lorgobos
locative *lorgei *? *?
instrumental *lorgū *lorgobim *lorgūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llurɣ
  • Old Irish: lorc

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lorgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
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