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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/delgos

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 *dʰelg- (“sting”), whence also Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, Latin falx.

Noun

*delgos m

pin, needle

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*delgos	*delgou	*delgoi
vocative	*delge	*delgou	*delgūs
accusative	*delgom	*delgou	*delgoms
genitive	*delgī	*delgous	*delgom
dative	*delgūi	*delgobom	*delgobos
locative	*delgei	*?	*?
instrumental	*delgū	*delgobim	*delgūis

Descendants

Old Irish: delg (“thorn; pin”)
- Middle Irish: delg
  - Irish: dealg
  - Scottish Gaelic: dealg
  - Manx: jialg
Middle Welsh: dala (“sting”)
Old Cornish: delc(h) (“jewel”)
Gaulish:
- →? Vulgar Latin: *daculum (“sickle”)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*delgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94

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