Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/manto-

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

A Celtic, Italic, and Germanic isogloss; cognates include Latin mentum (“chin”) and Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*manto- gender unattested

jaw
mouth

Reconstruction notes

It is impossible to tell whether this word was masculine or neuter.

The masculinity of the Welsh word can reflect either an original masculine or a neuter, since Brittonic lost the neuter.
Gaulish only attests derivatives with extra overriding morphology.
Middle Irish mant is widely suspected of being borrowed from (Old) Welsh, making it unhelpful.
Other Indo-European cognates do not clarify the situation either, since Latin mentum n coexisted with Proto-Germanic *munþaz m.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *mant
- Old Welsh: *mant
  - Middle Welsh: mant
    - Welsh: mant
  - → Middle Irish: mant
Gaulish: *manto-
- → Latin: Mantus
- →⇒ Latin: Manta, Mantius, Mantidia, Mantusa, Mantounus, Caramantius, Venimantius

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*manto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “manto-, manti-”, 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 216

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*manto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “manto-, manti-”, 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 216

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