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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/angus
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus.
Adjective
*angus[1]
- narrow
Inflection
| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *angus | *angū | *angowes |
| vocative | *angu | *angū | *angūs |
| accusative | *angum | *angū | *angums |
| genitive | *angous | *angous | *angowom |
| dative | *angou | *angubom | *angubos |
| instrumental | *angū | *angubim | *angubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *angus | *angū | *angowes |
| vocative | *angu | *angū | *angūs |
| accusative | *angum | *angū | *angums |
| genitive | *angous | *angous | *angowom |
| dative | *angou | *angubom | *angubos |
| instrumental | *angū | *angubim | *angubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *angu | *angū | *angwā |
| vocative | *angu | *angū | *angwā |
| accusative | *angu | *angū | *angwā |
| genitive | *angous | *angous | *angowom |
| dative | *angou | *angubom | *angubos |
| instrumental | *angū | *angubim | *angubis |
Derived terms
- *komangus (+ *kom- (“with, together”)) (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: enc
- Middle Breton: encq
- Breton: enk
- Middle Breton: encq
- Middle Welsh: ing
- Old Breton: enc
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*angu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36