Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/leigis

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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

Possibly borrowed Proto-Germanic *lēkiz (healing; medicine; healer), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- (to care for). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*leigis f[1]

  1. healer

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *leigis *leigī *leigīs
vocative *leigi *leigī *leigīs
accusative *leigim *leigī *leigims
genitive *leigeis *leigyow *leigyom
dative *leigei *leigibom *leigibos
locative *leigei *? *?
instrumental *leigī *leigibim *leigibis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Old Irish: líaig
    • Irish: lia
    • Scottish Gaelic: lèigh
  • ? Proto-Germanic: *lēkijaz

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lēkjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244:Celt *lēgi- < *lēpagi-
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296:*leagis
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331:Celtic *legio-
  4. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Læka”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), pages 404-405:*lēpagi-
  5. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*lī(φ)agi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 96