Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/metom

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 edit

Etymology edit

Unknown, probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate.^[1] However, compare Irish maoth (“tender, soft, weak”), from Proto-Celtic *moytos (“tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).^[2] From the same root is Latin mitis (“mellow, soft, weak”).

Noun edit

*metom n

Declension edit

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*metom	*metou	*metā
vocative	*metom	*metou	*metā
accusative	*metom	*metou	*metā
genitive	*metī	*metous	*metom
dative	*metūi	*metobom	*metobos
locative	*metei	*?	*?
instrumental	*metū	*metobim	*metūis

Descendants edit

Goidelic:
- Old Irish: meth
Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: methu
  - Welsh: methu
- Middle Breton: mez
  - Breton: mezh
- Middle Cornish:
  - Cornish: meth

References edit

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “meth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Proto-Celtic/metom”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page meth

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[2] MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Proto-Celtic/metom”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page meth

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