Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/eiglā

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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 Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyǵʰ- (“to desire”), formed with the same *-lā suffix that belies *kaglā (yielding Welsh cael (“to get”)), *sāglā (yielding Welsh hawl (“plea, demand, claim”)),[1] and *gabaglā (“taking”).

Noun

*eiglā f[1]

  1. cry
  2. crying, weeping

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ēglā *ēglai *ēglās
vocative *ēglā *ēglai *ēglās
accusative *ēglam *ēglai *ēglāms
genitive *ēglās *ēglous *ēglom
dative *ēglāi *ēglābom *ēglābos
locative *ēglai *? *?
instrumental *? *ēglābim *ēglābis

Descendants

  • ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: (denominative verbs)
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: éle (“prayer, incantation”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schrijver, Peter (1998) “The Châteaubleau tile as a link between Latin and French and between Gaulish and Brittonic”, in Etudes Celtiques, volume 34, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 135–142
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