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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mrixtos
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥gʷ-tó-s, from *mergʷ- (“dark, coloured”) + *-tós. Cognate with Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μορβός (amorbós, “dark”), Old Norse myrkr (“dark”), Lithuanian márgas (“variegated, colorful”).
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mrixtos | *mrixtou | *mrixtoi |
| vocative | *mrixte | *mrixtou | *mrixtoi |
| accusative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtoms |
| genitive | *mrixtī | *mrixtous | *mrixtom |
| dative | *mrixtūi | *mrixtobom | *mrixtobos |
| instrumental | *mrixtū | *mrixtobim | *mrixtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mrixtā | *mrixtai | *mrixtās |
| vocative | *mrixtā | *mrixtai | *mrixtās |
| accusative | *mrixtam | *mrixtai | *mrixtams |
| genitive | *mrixtās | *mrixtous | *mrixtom |
| dative | *mrixtai | *mrixtābom | *mrixtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *mrixtābim | *mrixtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtā |
| vocative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtā |
| accusative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtā |
| genitive | *mrixtī | *mrixtous | *mrixtom |
| dative | *mrixtūi | *mrixtobom | *mrixtobos |
| instrumental | *mrixtū | *mrixtobim | *mrixtobis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mrixto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
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