Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dīākus

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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

From *dī- (privative prefix) +‎ *ākus (“swift, speedy”) (whence also Welsh awg and Latin Ācus, a rendering of a Gaulish name), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus (“swift, quick”).

Further Indo-European cognates of the root include Latin ōcior, Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús), and Sanskrit आशु (āśu).[1][2]

Adjective

*dīākus[3][4]

  1. lazy

Inflection

U-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *dīākus *dīākū *dīākowes
vocative *dīāku *dīākū *dīākūs
accusative *dīākum *dīākū *dīākums
genitive *dīākous *dīākous *dīākowom
dative *dīākou *dīākubom *dīākubos
instrumental *dīākū *dīākubim *dīākubis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *dīākus *dīākū *dīākowes
vocative *dīāku *dīākū *dīākūs
accusative *dīākum *dīākū *dīākums
genitive *dīākous *dīākous *dīākowom
dative *dīākou *dīākubom *dīākubos
instrumental *dīākū *dīākubim *dīākubis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *dīāku *dīākū *dīākwā
vocative *dīāku *dīākū *dīākwā
accusative *dīāku *dīākū *dīākwā
genitive *dīākous *dīākous *dīākowom
dative *dīākou *dīākubom *dīākubos
instrumental *dīākū *dīākubim *dīākubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *diọg
  • Gaulish: *diācus

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dī-ākV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 97-98
  3. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 196
  4. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “diacus”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 144
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