Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lubīgortos

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 *lubī (“herb, plant”) +‎ *gortos (“field”).

Noun

*lubīgortos m

  1. garden where vegetables or herbs grow

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lubīgortos *lubīgortou *lubīgortoi
vocative *lubīgorte *lubīgortou *lubīgortoi
accusative *lubīgortom *lubīgortou *lubīgortons
genitive *lubīgortī *lubīgortous *lubīgortom
dative *lubīgortūi *lubīgortobom *lubīgortobos
locative *lubīgortei *? *?
instrumental *lubīgortū *lubīgortobim *lubīgortūis

Alternative reconstructions

Reconstruction notes

  • In both Brittonic and Goidelic, there is apparently evidence of a base word being reinserted into the compound, overriding any expected sound changes:
    • In Goidelic, the expected palatalized form **luibgert does not appear; it may be assumed that the non-palatal initial of gort was reinserted into the compound.
    • In Brittonic, the lack of pretonic reduction of the first element implies a reintroduction of the first element *lluβ into the compound.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *lluβɣorθ
    • Middle Breton: liorz
      • Breton: liorzh
    • Old Cornish: luworch (-ch being an error for -th)
    • Old Welsh: luird pl
  • Old Irish: lubgort, luibgort, (with metathesis) lugbart
    • Middle Irish: lubgort
      • Irish: luibhghort, luibh-ghort

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 140
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