Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mandus

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

Unknown; no etymology is specified by Delamarre.

Noun

*mandus m^[1]

pony

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mandus	*mandū	*mandowes
vocative	*mandu	*mandū	*mandūs
accusative	*mandum	*mandū	*mandums
genitive	*mandous	*mandous	*mandowom
dative	*mandou	*mandubom	*mandubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*mandū	*mandubim	*mandubis

Derived terms

*Katumandus

Related terms

*mennos? mendos?

Descendants

Gaulish: *mandus
- → Latin: mannus (“small pony”)
→ Basque: mando (“mule”)

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “mandus”, 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 215

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “mandus”, 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 215

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