Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-mantiyū

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From *manyetor (“to think, remember”) +‎ *-tiyū (verbal noun suffix).

Suffix

*-mantiyū f

1. Forms verbal nouns relating to thought or memory.

Inflection

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-mantiyū	*-mantiyone?	*-mantiyones
vocative	*-mantiyū	*-mantiyone?	*-mantiyones
accusative	*-mantiyonam	*-mantiyone?	*-mantiyonams
genitive	*-mantiyonos	*-mantiyonows?	*-mantiyonom
dative	*-mantiyonei	*-mantiyombom	*-mantiyombos
locative	*-mantiyon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*-mantiyonei	*-mantiyombim	*-mantiyombis

Derived terms

• *ari-mantiyū
  • Old Irish: airmitiu (“honour, respect”)
• *tu-mantiyū
  • Old Irish: toimtiu (“opinion, thinking”)
• *uɸo-mantiyū
  • Old Irish: foititiu (“anticipation, heeding”)

See also

• *-mentom n