Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aglos

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 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

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵʰ- (“cow”), see also Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬍 (azī), Old Armenian եզն (ezn), Old Irish ag (“cow”).[1] Matasovic compares *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”), though with a semantic gap.

Noun

*aglos m[2]

  1. litter, brood

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aglos *aglou *agloi
vocative *agle *aglou *agloi
accusative *aglom *aglou *agloms
genitive *aglī *aglous *aglom
dative *aglūi *aglobom *aglobos
locative *aglei *? *?
instrumental *aglū *aglobim *aglūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aɨl f (from collective *aglā)
    • Middle Welsh: ael
  • Old Irish: ál

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “7”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 7
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aglo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 26-27
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