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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dligetom
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelgʰ- (“debt”), the same source as *dligeti (“to owe”), with the suffix *-etom.[1]
Noun
*dligetom n
- duty
- debt
Inflection
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dligetom | *dligetou | *dligetā |
| vocative | *dligetom | *dligetou | *dligetā |
| accusative | *dligetom | *dligetou | *dligetā |
| genitive | *dligetī | *dligetous | *dligetom |
| dative | *dligetūi | *dligetobom | *dligetobos |
| locative | *dligetei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *dligetū | *dligetobim | *dligetūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *dlɨɣed
- Middle Welsh: dylyet
- Welsh: dyled
- Middle Welsh: dylyet
- Old Irish: dliged
- Irish: dlí
- Scottish Gaelic: dlighe
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “dligito-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 101-102