Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/meinis

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 Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis, from *(s)mēy(H)- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”).

Noun

*meinis f

1. ore, metal
2. mine

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*meinis	*meinī	*meinīs
vocative	*meini	*meinī	*meinīs
accusative	*meinim	*meinī	*meinims
genitive	*meineis	*meinyow	*meinyom
dative	*meinei	*meinibom	*meinibos
locative	*meinei	*?	*?
instrumental	*meinī	*meinibim	*meinibis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *muɨn
  • Middle Breton: *men
    • ⇒ Breton: mengleuz (“quarry”)
  • Cornish: moen
  • Middle Welsh: mwyn
    • Welsh: mwyn
• Old Irish: méin, mían
  • Irish: méin, míanach
• Gaulish:
  • → Late Latin: mina
    • Old French: myne, mine
      • Middle French: mine, myne
        • French: mine
      • → Middle English: mine, myne, myn
        • English: mine