Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messos

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

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Adjective

*messos^[1]

worse
comparative degree of *ulkos

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*messos	*messou	*messoi
vocative	*messe	*messou	*messoi
accusative	*messom	*messou	*messoms
genitive	*messī	*messous	*messom
dative	*messūi	*messobom	*messobos
instrumental	*messū	*messobim	*messobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*messā	*messai	*messās
vocative	*messā	*messai	*messās
accusative	*messam	*messai	*messams
genitive	*messās	*messous	*messom
dative	*messai	*messābom	*messābos
instrumental	*?	*messābim	*messābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*messom	*messou	*messā
vocative	*messom	*messou	*messā
accusative	*messom	*messou	*messā
genitive	*messī	*messous	*messom
dative	*messūi	*messobom	*messobos
instrumental	*messū	*messobim	*messobis

Descendants

Goidelic:
- Old Irish: messa
  - Irish: measa
  - Scottish Gaelic: miosa

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

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