Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lēgā

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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 *leyǵʰ- (lick). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *likkōną (lick) (whence English lick) and Proto-Italic *lingō (I lick (up)) (whence Latin lingō).

Noun

*lēgā f

  1. spoon

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lēgā *lēgai *lēgās
vocative *lēgā *lēgai *lēgās
accusative *lēgam *lēgai *lēgāms
genitive *lēgās *lēgous *lēgom
dative *lēgāi *lēgābom *lēgābos
locative *lēgai *? *?
instrumental *? *lēgābim *lēgābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *lluɨɣ
    • Old Breton: loi
    • Old Cornish: loe
      • Cornish: lo
    • Middle Welsh: llwy
  • Old Irish: líag, líach

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 235-6