Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/magos

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”) with a semantic shift from "great one" > "soil; plain".^[1] See Sanskrit मही (mahī́, “earth”) for a similar semantic development.

Noun

*magos n^[1]

plain, field

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*magos	*magese?	*magesa
vocative	*magos	*magese?	*magesa
accusative	*magos	*magese?	*magesa
genitive	*magesos	*magesous?	*magesom
dative	*magesē	*magesbom	*magesbos
locative	*magesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*magesē	*magesbim	*magesbis

Derived terms

*mages-tus
- Proto-Brythonic: *maɣes
  - Breton: maez
  - Cornish: mes
  - Old Welsh: maessid pl
    - Middle Welsh: maes
      - Welsh: maes

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *maɣ
- Old Breton: -ma
  - Breton: -va
- Cornish: -va
- Middle Welsh: -ma
  - Welsh: -fa
Gaulish: *magos
Old Irish: mag
- Irish: má
- Scottish Gaelic: magh

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*magos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*magos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253

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