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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dligetom

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 *dʰelgʰ- (“debt”), the same source as *dligeti (“to owe”), with the suffix *-etom.[1]

Noun

*dligetom n

  1. duty
  2. 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
  • Old Irish: dliged

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “dligito-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 101-102
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