Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tegos

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover, roof”).[1]

Noun

*tegos n

  1. house, dwelling

Declension

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tegos *tegese? *tegesa
vocative *tegos *tegese? *tegesa
accusative *tegos *tegese? *tegesa
genitive *tegesos *tegesous? *tegesom
dative *tegesei *tegesbom *tegesbos
locative *tegesi *? *?
instrumental *tegesei *tegesbim *tegesbis

Derived terms

  • *kon-‌teges-nos (“sharing the same house > common”)
    • Old Irish: coitchenn, coitchen, coitchent
      • Middle Irish: coitchend, coitchenn
  • *tegoslougom (“family, household”)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 376
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