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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dagos

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

Unknown. None of the proposed etymologies is plausible (compare ταχύς (takhús, “fast”), tækur (“acceptable”).[1]

Adjective

*dagos

  1. good
    Synonyms: *matis, *su-

Inflection
O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *dagos *dagou *dagoi
vocative *dage *dagou *dagoi
accusative *dagom *dagou *dagoms
genitive *dagī *dagous *dagom
dative *dagūi *dagobom *dagobos
instrumental *dagū *dagobim *dagobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *dagā *dagai *dagās
vocative *dagā *dagai *dagās
accusative *dagam *dagai *dagams
genitive *dagās *dagous *dagom
dative *dagai *dagābom *dagābos
instrumental *? *dagābim *dagābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *dagom *dagou *dagā
vocative *dagom *dagou *dagā
accusative *dagom *dagou *dagā
genitive *dagī *dagous *dagom
dative *dagūi *dagobom *dagobos
instrumental *dagū *dagobim *dagobis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *daɣ (attested in the Bath curse tablets as an-dagin (“worthless”, accusative singular feminine)).
    • Breton: da
    • Cornish: dâ
    • Middle Welsh: da
  • Old Irish: dag-, deg-
  • Gaulish: dagos

References
  1. Vendryes, Joseph (1996) “dag”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume D, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page D-7f.

Further reading
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “dagos”, 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 134
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