Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mennos

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

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Noun

*mennos m

1. young goat; kid

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mennos	*mennou	*mennoi
vocative	*menne	*mennou	*mennūs
accusative	*mennom	*mennou	*mennoms
genitive	*mennī	*mennous	*mennom
dative	*mennūi	*mennobom	*mennobos
locative	*mennei	*?	*?
instrumental	*mennū	*mennobim	*mennūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: menn
  • Old Cornish: min
    • Cornish: mynn
  • Middle Welsh: myn
    • Welsh: myn
• Middle Irish: menn
  • Scottish Gaelic: meann