Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lorgā

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

Old Norse lurkr (“club”) (source of Swedish lurk (“lout, boor”)) is related, but it could be a borrowing from Celtic. If so, the Celtic is without Indo-European cognates, and could be ultimately borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate.

Pokorny, however, derives both from Proto-Indo-European *lorgā- (“club, stick”), also comparing regional German Lorg, Lork (“mythical giant”)[1]

Noun

*lorgā f[2]

  1. club, stick

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lorgā *lorgai *lorgās
vocative *lorgā *lorgai *lorgās
accusative *lorgam *lorgai *lorgāns
genitive *lorgās *lorgous *lorgom
dative *lorgāi *lorgābom *lorgābos
locative *lorgai *? *?
instrumental *? *lorgābim *lorgābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llorɣ
    • Breton: lorc'henn (“shaft”), lorc'h (“vanity”)
    • Old Cornish: lorch (“baculus”)
      • Cornish: lorgh
    • Middle Welsh: llwry, llory, llyry
      • Welsh: llorf
  • Old Irish: lorg

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “691-92”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 691-92
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lorgā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 244-45

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llory”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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