Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸolexs

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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

From *uɸo- (“under-”) +‎ *leg- (“to lie”), literally “lying underneath”.

Noun

*uɸolexs f[1]

  1. enclosure, lair
  2. bracelet, ring

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸolexs *uɸolege *uɸoleges
vocative *uɸolexs *uɸolege *uɸoleges
accusative *uɸolegam *uɸolege *uɸolegams
genitive *uɸolegos *uɸolegou *uɸolegom
dative *uɸolegei *uɸolegobom *uɸolegobos
locative *uɸolegi — —
instrumental *uɸolege? *uɸolegobim *uɸolegobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwal
  • Old Irish: foil

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufo-leg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 398
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