Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rīgisamos

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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

Following the interpretation by Delamarre as "very royal",[1] this would effectively be *rīxs (king) (or some adjective derivative thereof) suffixed with *-isamos (superlative suffix).

Adjective

*rīgisamos

  1. very kingly, royal

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *rīgisamos *rīgisamou *rīgisamoi
vocative *rīgisame *rīgisamou *rīgisamoi
accusative *rīgisamom *rīgisamou *rīgisamons
genitive *rīgisamī *rīgisamous *rīgisamom
dative *rīgisamūi *rīgisamobom *rīgisamobos
instrumental *rīgisamū *rīgisamobim *rīgisamobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *rīgisamā *rīgisamai *rīgisamās
vocative *rīgisamā *rīgisamai *rīgisamās
accusative *rīgisamam *rīgisamai *rīgisamans
genitive *rīgisamās *rīgisamous *rīgisamom
dative *rīgisamai *rīgisamābom *rīgisamābos
instrumental *? *rīgisamābim *rīgisamābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *rīgisamom *rīgisamou *rīgisamā
vocative *rīgisamom *rīgisamou *rīgisamā
accusative *rīgisamom *rīgisamou *rīgisamā
genitive *rīgisamī *rīgisamous *rīgisamom
dative *rīgisamūi *rīgisamobom *rīgisamobos
instrumental *rīgisamū *rīgisamobim *rīgisamobis

Descendants

  • Gaulish: *rīgisamos
  • Celtiberian:

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 261
  2. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2018) “The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy: Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene”, in Voprosy onomastiki, volume 15, number 2, →DOI, pages 108–138