Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Medugenos

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

From *medu (mead, alcoholic drink) +‎ *genos (family, clan).

Proper noun edit

*Medugenos m[1]

  1. a male given name

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Medugenos
vocative *Medugene
accusative *Medugenom
genitive *Medugenī
dative *Medugenūi
locative *Medugenei
instrumental *Medugenū

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Celtiberian: Mezukenos
  • Gaulish: Medugenos
  • Primitive Irish: ᚋᚓᚇᚇᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ (Meddogeni)

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*medu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261:*Medu-genos