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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“white”).
Adjective
*argyos[1][2]
- white
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*argyos
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*argyou
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*argyoi
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| vocative
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*argye
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*argyou
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*argyoi
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| accusative
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*argyom
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*argyou
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*argyons
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| genitive
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*argyī
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*argyous
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*argyom
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| dative
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*argyūi
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*argyobom
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*argyobos
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| instrumental
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*argyū
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*argyobim
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*argyobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*argyā
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*argyai
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*argyās
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| vocative
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*argyā
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*argyai
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*argyās
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| accusative
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*argyam
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*argyai
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*argyans
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| genitive
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*argyās
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*argyous
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*argyom
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| dative
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*argyai
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*argyābom
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*argyābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*argyābim
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*argyābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*argyom
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*argyou
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*argyā
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| vocative
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*argyom
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*argyou
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*argyā
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| accusative
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*argyom
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*argyou
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*argyā
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| genitive
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*argyī
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*argyous
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*argyom
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| dative
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*argyūi
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*argyobom
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*argyobos
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| instrumental
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*argyū
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*argyobim
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*argyobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*argyūs
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*?
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*argyoses
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| vocative
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*argyūs
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*?
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*argyoses
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| accusative
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*argyosam
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*?
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*argyosans
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| genitive
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*argyisos
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*?
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*argyisom
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| dative
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*argyisei
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*?
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*argyisbos
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| instrumental
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*argyisī
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*?
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*argyisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*argyūs
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*?
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*argyoses
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| vocative
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*argyūs
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*?
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*argyoses
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| accusative
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*argyosam
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*?
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*argyosans
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| genitive
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*argyisos
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*?
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*argyisom
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| dative
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*argyisei
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*?
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*argyisbos
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| instrumental
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*argyisī
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*?
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*argyisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*argyis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*argyis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*argyis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*argyisos
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*?
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*argyisom
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| dative
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*argyisei
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*?
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*argyisbos
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| instrumental
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*argyisī
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*?
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*argyisbis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *ėrɣ (“snow”)
- Gaulish: *argios
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*argyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 41-42
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “argio-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 54