Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tigus

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

Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru derives this from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to sting”).[1]

Adjective

*tigus[2]

  1. last, final

Inflection

U-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *tigus *tigū *tigowes
vocative *tigu *tigū *tigūs
accusative *tigum *tigū *tiguns
genitive *tigous *tigous *tigowom
dative *tigou *tigubom *tigubos
instrumental *tigū *tigubim *tigubis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *tigus *tigū *tigowes
vocative *tigu *tigū *tigūs
accusative *tigum *tigū *tiguns
genitive *tigous *tigous *tigowom
dative *tigou *tigubom *tigubos
instrumental *tigū *tigubim *tigubis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *tigu *tigū *tigwā
vocative *tigu *tigū *tigwā
accusative *tigu *tigū *tigwā
genitive *tigous *tigous *tigowom
dative *tigou *tigubom *tigubos
instrumental *tigū *tigubim *tigubis

Derived terms

  • *uɸo-tigu- (“under the end”)
    • Proto-Brythonic: *gwödɨɣ (“after”)
      • Old Breton: guetig
      • Cornish: wosa
      • Old Welsh: guotig
        • Middle Welsh: gwedy
          • Welsh: wedi, (obsolete) gwedi

Descendants

  • Old Irish: tiug- (“last”)

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwedi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tigu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 379
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