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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lēgis

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 borrowed Proto-Germanic *lēkiz (“healing; medicine; healer”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- (“to care for”).

Noun

*lēgis f[1]

  1. healer

Inflection
Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lēɸagis *lēɸagī *lēɸagīs
vocative *lēɸagi *lēɸagī *lēɸagīs
accusative *lēɸagim *lēɸagī *lēɸagims
genitive *lēɸageis *lēɸagyow *lēɸagyom
dative *lēɸagei *lēɸagibom *lēɸagibos
locative *lēɸagei *? *?
instrumental *lēɸagī *lēɸagibim *lēɸagibis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old Irish: líaig
    • Irish: lia
    • Scottish Gaelic: lèigh
  • →? Proto-Germanic: *lēkijaz

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lēkjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “Celt *lēgi- < *lēpagi-”
  2. Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296: “*leagis”
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “Celtic *legio-”
  4. Torp, Alf (1919) “Læka”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), pages 404-405: “*lēpagi-”
  5. Koch, John (2004) “*lī(φ)agi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 96
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