Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trāgi

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Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

Often connected to *tregess (“foot”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, run”),^[2] but Matasovic disputes this on semantic grounds.

Noun

*trāgi f^[3]

low tide, beach

Declension

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Breton: tre, tre(c'h)
- Cornish: trig
- Middle Welsh: trei
  - Welsh: trai
Old Irish: tráig
- Irish: trá
- Manx: traie
- Scottish Gaelic: tràigh

References

^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “traogh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1089”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1089
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tragi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 387

[1] MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “traogh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1089”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1089

[Matasovic-3] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tragi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 387

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