Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tougā

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

Delamarre compares Sanskrit तुञ्जन्ति (tuñjanti, “they strike”, 3pl. pres.) and Ancient Greek τύκος (túkos, “hammer”);[1] the Sanskrit can be plausibly related, but the Greek cannot be (the Celtic has a -g-, not the -k- in Greek).

Noun

*tougā f

  1. axe, hatchet
    Synonym: *beyatlis

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tougā *tougai *tougās
vocative *tougā *tougai *tougās
accusative *tougam *tougai *tougāns
genitive *tougās *tougous *tougom
dative *tougāi *tougābom *tougābos
locative *tougai *? *?
instrumental *? *tougābim *tougābis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: túag
    • Middle Irish: túag
  • Gaulish:
    • →⇒ Latin: Contouca, Vertougus, Togirix, Togimarus, Togivepus

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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 299
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