Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tigernos

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 from *tiger (“raid”) +‎ *-īnos. The former could be from *teigeti (“to go”).[1]

Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”). (e.g., Gildas' phrase "superbo tyranno Vortigerno").[2]

Noun

*tigernos m[1][3]

  1. lord, ruler

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tigernos *tigernou *tigernoi
vocative *tigerne *tigernou *tigernoi
accusative *tigernom *tigernou *tigernons
genitive *tigernī *tigernous *tigernom
dative *tigernūi *tigernobom *tigernobos
locative *tigernei *? *?
instrumental *tigernū *tigernobim *tigernūis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tɨɣern, *teɣɨrn
    • Old Breton: *tiarn, *tiern
    • Old Welsh: *tigern
  • Primitive Irish: ᚈᚔᚌᚔᚏᚅ (tigirn)
  • Gaulish: *tigernos[4]
    • ⇒ Latin: Castrum Tigernum

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “tigerno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 378-379
  2. ^ Codex Abrincencsis
  3. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*tigerno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 289
  4. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “tigerno-”, 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 296
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