Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wregis

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“to enclose”), related to Ancient Greek ἔργω (érgō, “to close off, enclose”) and Sanskrit वृज (vṛja, “wattle, fence”).[1]

Noun

*wregis f

  1. wall
  2. enclosure

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wregis *wregī *wregīs
vocative *wregi *wregī *wregīs
accusative *wregim *wregī *wregins
genitive *wregeis *wregyow *wregyom
dative *wregei *wregibom *wregibos
locative *wregei *? *?
instrumental *wregī *wregibim *wregibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwrɨɣ
    • ⇒ Middle Welsh: achure, achre
  • Old Irish: fraig
    • Middle Irish: fraig
      • Irish: fraigh
      • Scottish Gaelic: fraigh

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wregi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
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