Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/togos

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

Formed with *-os, serving as the verbal noun to *togīti (whence Old Irish in·tuigethar). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”), whence also *tegos (“house”).

The neuter gender of the Old Irish derivatives must be analogical, either after *tegos or other prefixed verbal nouns in *-om.

Noun

*togos m[1][2]

  1. covering
  2. roof

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *togos *togou *togoi
vocative *toge *togou *togoi
accusative *togom *togou *togons
genitive *togī *togous *togom
dative *togūi *togobom *togobos
locative *togei *? *?
instrumental *togū *togobim *togūis

Derived terms

  • *en-togos
    • Old Irish: étach n
  • *to-ambi-togos
    • Old Irish: timthach n

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *toɣ
    • Middle Breton: toenn
      • Breton: to
    • Old Cornish: to
    • Welsh: to

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 320-321
  2. ^ Stüber, Karin (2015) Die Verbalabstrakta des Altirischen (in German), page 106
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