Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mēnos
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”), whence also Latin mītis, Lithuanian meilė, and Sanskrit मयस् (mayas).[1] See also Proto-Celtic *mīnis from the same root, but with different root ablaut and suffixation.
Adjective
edit*mēnos
Inflection
editO/ā-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mēnos | *mēnou | *mēnoi |
vocative | *mēne | *mēnou | *mēnoi |
accusative | *mēnom | *mēnou | *mēnoms |
genitive | *mēnī | *mēnous | *mēnom |
dative | *mēnūi | *mēnobom | *mēnobos |
instrumental | *mēnū | *mēnobim | *mēnobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mēnā | *mēnai | *mēnās |
vocative | *mēnā | *mēnai | *mēnās |
accusative | *mēnam | *mēnai | *mēnams |
genitive | *mēnās | *mēnous | *mēnom |
dative | *mēnai | *mēnābom | *mēnābos |
instrumental | *? | *mēnābim | *mēnābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mēnom | *mēnou | *mēnā |
vocative | *mēnom | *mēnou | *mēnā |
accusative | *mēnom | *mēnou | *mēnā |
genitive | *mēnī | *mēnous | *mēnom |
dative | *mēnūi | *mēnobom | *mēnobos |
instrumental | *mēnū | *mēnobim | *mēnobis |
Reconstruction notes
editMatasović's assignment of this word's Brittonic descendants to *moinis (“benefit, treasure”), requiring him to presume a difficult semantic evolution "treasure" > "beautiful" > "gracile, thin",[2] is simply erroneous for semantic reasons.
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “minio-, meno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 227
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*moyni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 278-279