Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Medugenos
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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
editEtymology
editFrom *medu (“mead, alcoholic drink”) + *genos (“family, clan”).
Proper noun
edit*Medugenos m[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:
- Old Welsh: Medgen
- Celtiberian: Mezukenos
- Gaulish: Medugenos
- Primitive Irish: ᚋᚓᚇᚇᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ (Meddogeni)
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*medu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261: “*Medu-genos”