Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mīlom

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 *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”). Compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”).

Noun

*mīlom n

1. animal

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mīlom	*mīlou	*mīlā
vocative	*mīlom	*mīlou	*mīlā
accusative	*mīlom	*mīlou	*mīlā
genitive	*mīlī	*mīlous	*mīlom
dative	*mīlūi	*mīlobom	*mīlobos
locative	*mīlei	*?	*?
instrumental	*mīlū	*mīlobim	*mīlūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *mil
  • Middle Breton: mil
    • Breton: mil
  • Old Cornish: mil
    • Middle Cornish: mil, myl
      • Cornish: mil
  • Middle Welsh: mil
    • Welsh: mil
• Old Irish: míl
  • Irish: míol
  • Manx: meeyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: mial