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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bolgos

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 *bʰólǵʰ-o-s (skin bag, bolster), from *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell).[1]

Noun

*bolgos m

  1. sack, bag
  2. stomach

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bolgos *bolgou *bolgoi
vocative *bolge *bolgou *bolgūs
accusative *bolgom *bolgou *bolgoms
genitive *bolgī *bolgous *bolgom
dative *bolgūi *bolgobom *bolgobos
locative *bolgei *? *?
instrumental *bolgū *bolgobim *bolgūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bolɣ
    • Middle Breton: bolc'h
      • Breton: bolc'h
    • Cornish: bolgh
    • Middle Welsh: boly, boliau, byly
  • Old Irish: bolg
  • Gaulish: *bolgā

References

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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