Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/meinis

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 *mēy(H)nis, from *(s)mēy(H)- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”).^[1]

Noun

*meinis f

ore, metal
mine

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*meinis	*meinī	*meinīs
vocative	*meini	*meinī	*meinīs
accusative	*meinim	*meinī	*meinims
genitive	*meineis	*meinyow	*meinyom
dative	*meinei	*meinibom	*meinibos
locative	*meinei	*?	*?
instrumental	*meinī	*meinibim	*meinibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *muɨn
- Middle Breton: *men
  - ⇒ Breton: mengleuz (“quarry”)
- Cornish: moen
- Middle Welsh: mwyn
  - Welsh: mwyn
Old Irish: méin, mían
- Irish: méin, míanach
Gaulish:
- → Late Latin: mina
  - Old French: myne, mine
    - Middle French: mine, myne
      - French: mine
    - → Middle English: mine, myne, myn
      - English: mine

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mēni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 265

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mēni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 265

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