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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mammā

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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

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Etymology

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A baby talk word, similar to Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

Noun

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*mammā f[1]

  1. mother, nanny, mum

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mammā *mammai *mammās
vocative *mammā *mammai *mammās
accusative *mammam *mammai *mammāms
genitive *mammās *mammous *mammom
dative *mammāi *mammābom *mammābos
locative *mammai *? *?
instrumental *? *mammābim *mammābis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *mamm
    • Middle Breton: mamm
    • Old Cornish: mam
    • Middle Welsh: mam
  • Old Irish: muimme

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mamm(y)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 255