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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/maginos
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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
Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂- (“big, great”); compare *magos (“field”) and Sanskrit मही (mahī, “earth”, literally “the great one”) for similar semantic developments from the same root.[1]
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *maginos | *maginou | *maginoi |
| vocative | *magine | *maginou | *maginūs |
| accusative | *maginom | *maginou | *maginoms |
| genitive | *maginī | *maginous | *maginom |
| dative | *maginūi | *maginobom | *maginobos |
| locative | *maginei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *maginū | *maginobim | *maginūis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 252
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