Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tregess

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tregess

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

From Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to run, walk”), apparently a variant of *dʰregʰ- (“to run”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run”) and Serbo-Croatian trȃg (“trace”).[1]

Noun

*tregess m

1. foot

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tregess	*tregete	*tregetes
vocative	*tregess	*tregete	*tregetes
accusative	*tregetam	*tregete	*tregetams
genitive	*tregetos	*tregetou	*tregetom
dative	*tregetei	*tregetobom	*tregetobos
locative	*tregeti	—	—
instrumental	*tregete?	*tregetobim	*tregetobis

Synonyms

• *ɸodyā

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: troat (plural treit < *tragetes)
    • Middle Breton: troat
      • Breton: troad
  • Old Cornish: truit
    • Middle Cornish: troys, tros
      • Cornish: troes
  • Middle Welsh: troet (plural traet < *tragetes)
    • Welsh: troed
• Old Irish: traig (gen. traiged < *tragetos)
  • Irish: troigh
  • Manx: trie
  • Scottish Gaelic: troigh
• Gaulish: treide

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 389