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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wergā

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

Likely related to Ancient Greek ὀργή (orgḗ, “passion, anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵéh₂, from the root *werǵ- (“to make”).

Noun

*wergā f[1]

  1. anger

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wergā *wergai *wergās
vocative *wergā *wergai *wergās
accusative *wergam *wergai *wergāms
genitive *wergās *wergous *wergom
dative *wergāi *wergābom *wergābos
locative *wergai *? *?
instrumental *? *wergābim *wergābis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: ferg, ferc, fergg
    • Middle Irish: ferg
      • Irish: fearg
      • Manx: ferg
      • Scottish Gaelic: fearg

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wergā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
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