Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸognītus

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

A *-tus verbal noun[1] formed to *uɸogniyeti (“to serve”).

Noun

*uɸognītus m

  1. service
    Synonym: *uɸognīmus

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸognītus *uɸognītū *uɸognītowes
vocative *uɸognītu *uɸognītū *uɸognītūs
accusative *uɸognītum *uɸognītū *uɸognītuns
genitive *uɸognītous *uɸognītous *uɸognītowom
dative *uɸognītou *uɸognītubom *uɸognītubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *uɸognītū *uɸognītubim *uɸognītubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwöɣnid
    • Middle Breton: gounit (“gain, profit, victory”)
      • Breton: gounid
    • ⇒ Middle Welsh: gwenerwenit (“to serve Venus”), gweinidog (“servant, minister”), gueynyduarch (“workhorse”)
  • Old Irish: fognad
    • Classical Gaelic: foghnadh
    • Irish: fónta (gen. sg. of fónamh)
    • Scottish Gaelic: fòghnadh

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 121
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