Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mīns

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 *mḗh₁n̥s (“month, moon”).

Noun

*mīns m

1. month

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mīns	*mīnse	*mīnses
vocative	*mīns	*mīnse	*mīnses
accusative	*mīnsam	*mīnse	*mīnsams
genitive	*mīnsos	*mīnsou	*mīnsom
dative	*mīnsei	*mīnsobom	*mīnsobos
locative	*mīnsi	—	—
instrumental	*mīnse?	*mīnsobim	*mīnsobis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *mis
  • Breton: miz
  • Cornish: mis
  • Welsh: mis
• Old Irish: mí
  • Irish: mí
  • Manx: mee
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìos
• Gaulish: mid (read as miđ, implying a tense /s/)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 272