Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wergā

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

Likely related to Ancient Greek ὀργή (orgḗ, “passion, anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵéh₂, from the root *werǵ- (“to make”).

Noun

*wergā f[1]

  1. anger

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wergā *wergai *wergās
vocative *wergā *wergai *wergās
accusative *wergam *wergai *wergāns
genitive *wergās *wergous *wergom
dative *wergāi *wergābom *wergābos
locative *wergai *? *?
instrumental *? *wergābim *wergābis
  • *wergos
  • *wergiwyos
    • Old Irish: fairrge, fairge, foirrgae, fairggae
      • Irish: farraige
      • Manx: faarkey
      • Scottish Gaelic: fairge
    • → Ancient Greek: Οὐεργιούιος (Ouergioúios, “the Celtic Sea”)
    • → Latin: vergivius

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wergā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
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