Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/leigā

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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 Latin lingō.

Noun

*leigā f

  1. spoon

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *leigā *leigai *leigās
vocative *leigā *leigai *leigās
accusative *leigam *leigai *leigāns
genitive *leigās *leigous *leigom
dative *leigāi *leigābom *leigābos
locative *leigai *? *?
instrumental *? *leigābim *leigābis

Descendants

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