Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tegos

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 *(s)teg- (“cover, roof”).^[1]

Noun

*tegos n

house, dwelling

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tegos	*tegese?	*tegesa
vocative	*tegos	*tegese?	*tegesa
accusative	*tegos	*tegese?	*tegesa
genitive	*tegesos	*tegesous?	*tegesom
dative	*tegesē	*tegesbom	*tegesbos
locative	*tegesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*tegesē	*tegesbim	*tegesbis

Derived terms

*kon-‌teges-nos (“sharing the same house > common”)
- Old Irish: coitchenn, coitchen, coitchent
  - Middle Irish: coitchend, coitchenn
    - Irish: coiteann
    - Scottish Gaelic: coitcheann
    - Manx: cadjin
*tegoslougom (“family, household”)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *tɨɣ
- Old Breton: tig
  - Breton: ti
- Old Cornish: ti
  - Cornish: chi, chy
- Middle Welsh: ty
  - Welsh: tŷ
Old Irish: tech, teg
- Irish: teach
- Manx: çhagh, thie
- Scottish Gaelic: taigh
- ⇒ Middle Irish: tech midchuarta
- ⇒ Middle Irish: tech n-óil
- ⇒ Middle Irish: tech talman
- ⇒ Classical Gaelic: teach othuir
Celtiberian:
- → Galician: tei (obsolete)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 376

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 376

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