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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sagyos

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 *sag- (“to seek”) +‎ *-yos (agent suffix).[1]

Noun

*sagyos m[1]

  1. seeker

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sagyos *sagyou *sagyoi
vocative *sagye *sagyou *sagyūs
accusative *sagyom *sagyou *sagyoms
genitive *sagyī *sagyous *sagyom
dative *sagyūi *sagyobom *sagyobos
locative *sagyei *? *?
instrumental *sagyū *sagyobim *sagyūis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: -ige, -aige
  • Gaulish: *Sagios
    • → Latin: Sagius

References
  1. McCone, Kim (1995), “OIr. Senchae, Senchaid and Preliminaries on Agent Noun Formation in Celtic”, in Ériu‎, volume 46, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 1 March 2023, pages 5–6
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