Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slougos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *slowgʰos, *slowgos (“entourage”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sluga (“servant”) (compare Old Church Slavonic слоуга (sluga)), Lithuanian slaugà (“servitude”).

Noun

*slougos m

troop, army

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slowgos	*slowgou	*slowgoi
vocative	*slowge	*slowgou	*slowgūs
accusative	*slowgom	*slowgou	*slowgūs
genitive	*slowgī	*slowgous	*slowgom
dative	*slowgūi	*slowgobom	*slowgobos
instrumental	*slowgū	*slowgobim	*slowgobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *lʉɣ
- Old Breton: *lu (in toponyms)
  - Breton: lu
- Old Cornish: luu
  - Cornish: lu
- Middle Welsh: llu
  - Welsh: llu
Old Irish: slóg, slúag
- Middle Irish: slúagh
  - Irish: slua, sluagh
    - → English: slew
  - Scottish Gaelic: sluagh
Gaulish: *slugi