Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/medyosamonyos

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 *medyos (“middle”) +‎ *-samonyos (“summer”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (compare Old English midsumer, Old Norse miðsumar).

Noun

*medyosamonyos m

1. mid-summer

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*medyosamonyos	*medyosamonyou	*medyosamonyoi
vocative	*medyosamonye	*medyosamonyou	*medyosamonyūs
accusative	*medyosamonyom	*medyosamonyou	*medyosamonyoms
genitive	*medyosamonyī	*medyosamonyous	*medyosamonyom
dative	*medyosamonyūi	*medyosamonyobom	*medyosamonyobos
locative	*medyosamonyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*medyosamonyū	*medyosamonyobim	*medyosamonyūis

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: mez-even
    • Breton: Mezeven
  • Cornish: Metheven
  • Welsh: Mehefin
• Old Irish: mithem, mithemon
  • Irish: Meitheamh