Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lubīgortos

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.

From *lubī (“herb, plant”) +‎ *gortos (“field”).

*lubīgortos m

1. garden where vegetables or herbs grow

• *lubigortos^[1]

• In both Brittonic and Goidelic, there is apparently evidence of a base word being reinserted into the compound, overriding any expected sound changes:
  • In Goidelic, the expected palatalized form **luibgert does not appear; it may be assumed that the non-palatal initial of gort was reinserted into the compound.
  • In Brittonic, the lack of pretonic reduction of the first element implies a reintroduction of the first element *lluβ into the compound.

• Proto-Brythonic: *lluβɣorθ
  • Middle Breton: liorz
    • Breton: liorzh
  • Old Cornish: luworch (-ch being an error for -th)
    • Middle Cornish: lowarth
  • Old Welsh: luird pl
    • Middle Welsh: lluarth
      • Welsh: lluarth
• Old Irish: lubgort, luibgort, (with metathesis) lugbart
  • Middle Irish: lubgort
    • Irish: luibhghort, luibh-ghort