Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mentiyū

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

Alternative reconstructions

*mantiyū (with zero grade)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”) + *-tiyū. Cognate to Latin mentiō.^[1]

Noun

*mentiyū f

thought

Inflection

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mentiyū	*mentiyone?	*mentiyones
vocative	*mentiyū	*mentiyone?	*mentiyones
accusative	*mentiyonam	*mentiyone?	*mentiyonams
genitive	*mentiyonos	*mentiyonows?	*mentiyonom
dative	*mentiyonei	*mentiyombom	*mentiyombos
locative	*mentiyon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*mentiyonei	*mentiyombim	*mentiyombis

Derived terms

*to-mentiyū
- Old Irish: toimtiu
  - Irish: toimhde (“presumption”)
*ɸare-mentiyū
- Old Irish: airmitiu
*uɸo-mentiyū
- Old Irish: foimtiu

References

^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, pages 127-128

[1] Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, pages 127-128

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