Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/makkos

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/makkʷos

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

Uncertain. Stifter reconstructs *magʰ-kos, derived from the root *magʰ- (“to be able”).^[1]

Noun

*makkos m^[2]

(law) surety

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*makkos	*makkou	*makkoi
vocative	*makke	*makkou	*makkūs
accusative	*makkom	*makkou	*makkoms
genitive	*makkī	*makkous	*makkom
dative	*makkūi	*makkobom	*makkobos
locative	*makkei	*?	*?
instrumental	*makkū	*makkobim	*makkūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *max
- Old Breton: meic pl
- Middle Welsh: mach
  - Welsh: mach
Old Irish: macc (“surety”)

References

^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎^[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 35
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎^[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 35

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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