Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/meinos
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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 Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”), whence also Latin mītis, Lithuanian meilė, and Sanskrit मयस् (mayas).[1] See also Proto-Celtic *mīnis from the same root, but with different root ablaut and suffixation.
Adjective
[edit]*meinos
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *meinos | *meinou | *meinoi |
| vocative | *meine | *meinou | *meinoi |
| accusative | *meinom | *meinou | *meinoms |
| genitive | *meinī | *meinous | *meinom |
| dative | *meinūi | *meinobom | *meinobos |
| instrumental | *meinū | *meinobim | *meinobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *meinā | *meinai | *meinās |
| vocative | *meinā | *meinai | *meinās |
| accusative | *meinam | *meinai | *meinams |
| genitive | *meinās | *meinous | *meinom |
| dative | *meinai | *meinābom | *meinābos |
| instrumental | *? | *meinābim | *meinābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *meinom | *meinou | *meinā |
| vocative | *meinom | *meinou | *meinā |
| accusative | *meinom | *meinou | *meinā |
| genitive | *meinī | *meinous | *meinom |
| dative | *meinūi | *meinobom | *meinobos |
| instrumental | *meinū | *meinobim | *meinobis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Matasović's assignment of this word's Brittonic descendants to *moinis (“benefit, treasure”), requiring him to presume a difficult semantic evolution "treasure" > "beautiful" > "gracile, thin",[2] is simply erroneous for semantic reasons.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “minio-, meno-”, 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 227
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*moyni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 278-279