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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/me

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁me, accusative singular of *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

*me[1]

  1. accusative singular of *mī: me

Descendants

Goidelic shows a remodeling to *mu when used in the accusative.

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: -m-
  • Old Irish: m-, -um (object pronouns), mé (ousting *mī for the nominative)
    • Irish: mé
    • Scottish Gaelic: mi
    • Manx: mee

References
  1. McCone, Kim (2006) The Origins and Development of the Insular Celtic Verbal Complex (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, page 220
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