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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mene

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁mene, genitive of *éǵh₂. Direct cognates include Proto-Slavic *mene.

Pronoun

*mene[2][3]

  1. genitive singular of *mī: my

Descendants

Some descendants show a reshaping of the pronoun to *mowe by analogy to *towe (“your”).

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mɨn, *mow
    • Breton: ma
    • Cornish: ma
    • Old Welsh: mi
  • Old Irish: mo, muí
    • Irish: mo
    • Scottish Gaelic: mo
    • Manx: my (“my”)

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “fy”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 333
  3. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 190
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