Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/madawyos
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From unattested adjective *madawos + *-yos, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂dh₂-wó-s, possibly related to *madyeti (“to break”), perhaps from *meh₂d- (“to be wet”).
Adjective
[edit]*madawyos[1]
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *madyos[2]
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyos | *madauyou | *madauyoi |
| vocative | *madauye | *madauyou | *madauyoi |
| accusative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyoms |
| genitive | *madauyī | *madauyous | *madauyom |
| dative | *madauyūi | *madauyobom | *madauyobos |
| instrumental | *madauyū | *madauyobim | *madauyobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyā | *madauyai | *madauyās |
| vocative | *madauyā | *madauyai | *madauyās |
| accusative | *madauyam | *madauyai | *madauyams |
| genitive | *madauyās | *madauyous | *madauyom |
| dative | *madauyai | *madauyābom | *madauyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *madauyābim | *madauyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyā |
| vocative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyā |
| accusative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyā |
| genitive | *madauyī | *madauyous | *madauyom |
| dative | *madauyūi | *madauyobom | *madauyobos |
| instrumental | *madauyū | *madauyobim | *madauyobis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 210: “*madau̯i̯o-/ā”
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*madyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 252