Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/leigis

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

Possibly borrowed Proto-Germanic *lēkiz (“healing; medicine; healer”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- (“to care for”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*leigis f[1]

  1. healer

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *leigis *leigī *leigīs
vocative *leigi *leigī *leigīs
accusative *leigim *leigī *leigins
genitive *leigeis *leigyow *leigyom
dative *leigei *leigibom *leigibos
locative *leigei *? *?
instrumental *leigī *leigibim *leigibis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Old Irish: líaig
    • Irish: lia
    • Manx: lhee
    • Scottish Gaelic: lèigh
  • →? Proto-Germanic: *lēkijaz

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lēkjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “Celt *lēgi- < *lēpagi-”
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296: “*leagis”
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “Celtic *legio-”
  4. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Læka”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), pages 404-405: “*lēpagi-”
  5. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*lī(φ)agi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[4], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 96
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