Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dergos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-os, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to dim, darken”); compare Old English deorc (“dark”) and Tocharian A tärkär, Tocharian B tarkär (“cloud”).
Akin to Lithuanian drėgti (“to get damp, wet”) and possibly Proto-Balto-Slavic *dárˀgāˀ (“bad weather”).
Adjective
*dergos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dergos | *dergou | *dergoi |
| vocative | *derge | *dergou | *dergoi |
| accusative | *dergom | *dergou | *dergons |
| genitive | *dergī | *dergous | *dergom |
| dative | *dergūi | *dergobom | *dergobos |
| instrumental | *dergū | *dergobim | *dergobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dergā | *dergai | *dergās |
| vocative | *dergā | *dergai | *dergās |
| accusative | *dergam | *dergai | *dergans |
| genitive | *dergās | *dergous | *dergom |
| dative | *dergai | *dergābom | *dergābos |
| instrumental | *? | *dergābim | *dergābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dergom | *dergou | *dergā |
| vocative | *dergom | *dergou | *dergā |
| accusative | *dergom | *dergou | *dergā |
| genitive | *dergī | *dergous | *dergom |
| dative | *dergūi | *dergobom | *dergobos |
| instrumental | *dergū | *dergobim | *dergobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dergyūs | *? | *dergyoses |
| vocative | *dergyūs | *? | *dergyoses |
| accusative | *dergyosam | *? | *dergyosans |
| genitive | *dergisos | *? | *dergisom |
| dative | *dergisei | *? | *dergisbos |
| instrumental | *dergisī | *? | *dergisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dergyūs | *? | *dergyoses |
| vocative | *dergyūs | *? | *dergyoses |
| accusative | *dergyosam | *? | *dergyosans |
| genitive | *dergisos | *? | *dergisom |
| dative | *dergisei | *? | *dergisbos |
| instrumental | *dergisī | *? | *dergisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dergis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *dergis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *dergis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *dergisos | *? | *dergisom |
| dative | *dergisei | *? | *dergisbos |
| instrumental | *dergisī | *? | *dergisbis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: derg
- Celtiberian: *dergos
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “dergo-”, 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 140
See also
| *bānos, *loukos, *windos | *ɸleitos, *blāros | *dubus |
| *roudos; *dergos | *dusnos | *blāwos, *melinos |
| *glastos | ||
| *gurmos | ||