Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/delgos

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 *dʰelg- (“sting”), whence also Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, Latin falx.[1][2][3]

Noun

*delgos n[3]

  1. pin, needle

Reconstruction notes

Matasović overlooks the rather important fact that Old Irish delg is a neuter s-stem.

Declension

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *delgos *delgese? *delgesa
vocative *delgos *delgese? *delgesa
accusative *delgos *delgese? *delgesa
genitive *delgesos *delgesous? *delgesom
dative *delgesei *delgesbom *delgesbos
locative *delgesi *? *?
instrumental *delgesei *delgesbim *delgesbis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: delg n (“thorn; pin”)
    • Middle Irish: delg m (o-stem)
      • Irish: dealg f (“thorn”)
      • Scottish Gaelic: dealg f (“thorn”)
      • Manx: jialg f (“acanthus”)
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: dala m (“sting”)
    • Old Cornish: delc(h) (“jewel”)
  • Proto-Brythonic: *dlekt-?
    • Middle Welsh: dyleith m (“lock”)[4][5]
    • Breton: dleizen f (“bolt (of a lock)”)[6]
  • Gaulish:
    • →? Vulgar Latin: *daculum (“sickle”) (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Latin: Delgo-uicia (place name)[4]

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*dhelg- ‘sting, pierce’”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 424
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*delgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 141
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “*delgo-”, 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 139
  5. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dylaith”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  6. ^ Deshayes, Albert (2003) Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN
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