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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/metom
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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
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”).
Declension
| 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
References
- 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, Stirling, →ISBN, page meth
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