Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/moltos
Proto-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Multiple theories exist.
- Pokorny derived this from *melh₂- (“to crush”), the semantic distance resolvable under the assumption that castration was done with a crushing method.[1]
- Matasović, unsatisfied with previous theories, assumes a borrowing from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[2]
Noun edit
*moltos m
Declension edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *moltos | *moltou | *moltoi |
vocative | *molte | *moltou | *moltūs |
accusative | *moltom | *moltou | *moltoms |
genitive | *moltī | *moltous | *moltom |
dative | *moltūi | *moltobom | *moltobos |
locative | *moltei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *moltū | *moltobim | *moltūis |
Descendants edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “mutton”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.