Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸognītus
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
A *-tus verbal noun[1] formed to *uɸogniyeti (“to serve”).
Noun
*uɸognītus m
- service
- Synonym: *uɸognīmus
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *uɸognītus | *uɸognītū | *uɸognītowes |
| vocative | *uɸognītu | *uɸognītū | *uɸognītūs |
| accusative | *uɸognītum | *uɸognītū | *uɸognītums |
| genitive | *uɸognītous | *uɸognītous | *uɸognītowom |
| dative | *uɸognītou | *uɸognītubom | *uɸognītubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *uɸognītū | *uɸognītubim | *uɸognītubis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwöɣnid
- Middle Breton: gounit (“gain, profit, victory”)
- Breton: gounid
- ⇒ Middle Welsh: gwenerwenit (“to serve Venus”), gweinidog (“servant, minister”), gueynyduarch (“workhorse”)
- Welsh: gweinidog (“minister”)
- Middle Breton: gounit (“gain, profit, victory”)
- Old Irish: fognad
References
- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 121