Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/melinos

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 *meli (“honey”) +‎ *-nos (“adjectival suffix”).^[1]

Adjective

*melinos

yellow; likened as the colour of honey

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinos	*melinou	*melinoi
vocative	*meline	*melinou	*melinoi
accusative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinons
genitive	*melinī	*melinous	*melinom
dative	*melinūi	*melinobom	*melinobos
instrumental	*melinū	*melinobim	*melinobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinā	*melinai	*melinās
vocative	*melinā	*melinai	*melinās
accusative	*melinam	*melinai	*melinans
genitive	*melinās	*melinous	*melinom
dative	*melinai	*melinābom	*melinābos
instrumental	*?	*melinābim	*melinābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinā
vocative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinā
accusative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinā
genitive	*melinī	*melinous	*melinom
dative	*melinūi	*melinobom	*melinobos
instrumental	*melinū	*melinobim	*melinobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
vocative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
accusative	*melinyosam	*?	*melinyosans
genitive	*melinisos	*?	*melinisom
dative	*melinisei	*?	*melinisbos
instrumental	*melinisī	*?	*melinisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
vocative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
accusative	*melinyosam	*?	*melinyosans
genitive	*melinisos	*?	*melinisom
dative	*melinisei	*?	*melinisbos
instrumental	*melinisī	*?	*melinisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinis	*?	*?
vocative	*melinis	*?	*?
accusative	*melinis	*?	*?
genitive	*melinisos	*?	*melinisom
dative	*melinisei	*?	*melinisbos
instrumental	*melinisī	*?	*melinisbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *mɨlɨn m, *melen f
- Old Breton: melin, milin
  - Middle Breton: melen
    - Breton: melen
- Old Cornish: milin
  - Middle Cornish: melyn
- Old Welsh: melen
  - Middle Welsh: melyn, melin
    - Welsh: melyn
Gaulish: *melinos
- → Latin: melinus, Melinus, Melina
  - Romansch: mélen
  - Sardinian: mélinu
  - →⇒ German: Mehlenbach (name of a river)

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “melinos”, 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 224

Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)
bānos, loukos, *windos	ɸleitos, blāros	*dubus
roudos; dergos	*dusnos	blāwos, melinos
	*glastos
		*gurmos

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “melinos”, 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 224

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