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 *dligeti (“to owe, be indebted to”) +‎ *-etom.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*dligetom n

duty
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

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's *dligitom is mistake, given the -e- in the Welsh term.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *dlɨɣed
- Middle Welsh: dylyet
  - Welsh: dyled
Old Irish: dliged
- Irish: dlí
- Scottish Gaelic: dlighe

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “dligito-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 101-102
^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) “dlig-”, in Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 188

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

[2] Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) “dlig-”, in Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 188

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