Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/angus

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 *h₂énǵʰus.

Adjective

*angus[1]

  1. narrow

Inflection

U-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *angus *angū *angowes
vocative *angu *angū *angūs
accusative *angum *angū *anguns
genitive *angous *angous *angowom
dative *angou *angubom *angubos
instrumental *angū *angubim *angubis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *angus *angū *angowes
vocative *angu *angū *angūs
accusative *angum *angū *anguns
genitive *angous *angous *angowom
dative *angou *angubom *angubos
instrumental *angū *angubim *angubis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *angu *angū *angwā
vocative *angu *angū *angwā
accusative *angu *angū *angwā
genitive *angous *angous *angowom
dative *angou *angubom *angubos
instrumental *angū *angubim *angubis

Derived terms

  • *komangus (+ *kom- (“with, together”)) (see there for further descendants)
  • *exs-angus (literally “un-narrow”)
    • Proto-Brythonic:
      • Cornish: efan
      • Middle Welsh: ehang

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: enc
      • Middle Breton: encq
    • Middle Welsh: ing
  • Old Irish: ing (“plight, peril”)
    • Middle Irish: ing

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*angu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36
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