Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messus
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate, as Matasovic finds connections to Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”) and *meh₂d- (“to be wet”) unconvincing.
Noun
[edit]*messus m[1]
- acorn, tree fruit
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: mess
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268