Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agromagos

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 *agrom (“slaughter, battle”) +‎ *magos (“field”).

Noun

*agromagos n[1]

  1. battlefield

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *agromagos *agromagese? *agromagesa
vocative *agromagos *agromagese? *agromagesa
accusative *agromagos *agromagese? *agromagesa
genitive *agromagesos *agromagesous? *agromagesom
dative *agromagesei *agromagesbom *agromagesbos
locative *agromagesi *? *?
instrumental *agromagesei *agromagesbim *agromagesbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aɨrβ̃aɣ
    • Old Breton: airma
    • Middle Welsh: aerfa, aerua, haerua
      • Welsh: aerfa
  • Old Irish: ármag
    • Middle Irish: ármach, árbach

References

  1. ^ John Koch, editor (2006), “warfare, Proto-Celtic vocabulary”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1750
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