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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/drukos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown; one possibility is that it could be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive”), with the voiceless -k- originating in a root noun *dʰrewgʰs (pronounced *dʰrewks).
Adjective
*drukos[1]
- bad
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *drukos | *drukou | *drukoi |
| vocative | *druke | *drukou | *drukūs |
| accusative | *drukom | *drukou | *drukoms |
| genitive | *drukī | *drukous | *drukom |
| dative | *drukūi | *drukobom | *drukobos |
| instrumental | *drukū | *drukobim | *drukobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *drukā | *drukai | *drukās |
| vocative | *drukā | *drukai | *drukās |
| accusative | *drukam | *drukai | *drukams |
| genitive | *drukās | *drukous | *drukom |
| dative | *drukai | *drukābom | *drukābos |
| instrumental | *? | *drukābim | *drukābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *drukom | *drukou | *drukā |
| vocative | *drukom | *drukou | *drukā |
| accusative | *drukom | *drukou | *drukā |
| genitive | *drukī | *drukous | *drukom |
| dative | *drukūi | *drukobom | *drukobos |
| instrumental | *drukū | *drukobim | *drukobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *drug
- Breton: drouk
- Cornish: drug, drog
- Middle Welsh: drwc
- Welsh: drwg
- Old Irish: droch
- Irish: droch-, droch
- Manx: drogh
- Scottish Gaelic: droch
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN