Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/drungos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; presumably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *druhtiz or similar.[1]

Noun[edit]

*drungos m

  1. multitude
  2. throng
  3. host
  4. warband

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *drungos *drungou *drungoi
vocative *drunge *drungou *drungūs
accusative *drungom *drungou *drungoms
genitive *drungī *drungous *drungom
dative *drungūi *drungobom *drungobos
locative *drungei *? *?
instrumental *drungū *drungobim *drungūis

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: drogn
    • Middle Welsh: dronn
  • Old Irish: drong
  • Gaulish: *drungus

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “drungo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 106