Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Mātronā

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

An augmented derivative of *mātīr (“mother”).

Proper noun

*Mātronā f^[1]^[2]

Name of a Celtic mother-goddess

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Mātronā	*Mātronai	*Mātronās
vocative	*Mātronā	*Mātronai	*Mātronās
accusative	*Mātronam	*Mātronai	*Mātronāms
genitive	*Mātronās	*Mātronous	*Mātronom
dative	*Mātronāi	*Mātronābom	*Mātronābos
locative	*Mātronai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*Mātronābim	*Mātronābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *Mọdron
- Middle Welsh: Modron
Gaulish: *Mātronā^[3]
- → Latin: Mātrona
  - French: Marne

References

^ Hily, Gaël (2007) Le dieu celtique Lugus‎^[1] (in French), École pratique des hautes études Paris, page 181
^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 215
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “matir”, in 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 220

[1] Hily, Gaël (2007) Le dieu celtique Lugus‎^[1] (in French), École pratique des hautes études Paris, page 181

[2] Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 215

[3] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “matir”, in 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 220

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