Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/melissos

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 *mélit (“honey”) + *-tós (adjectival suffix).^[1]

Adjective

*melissos^[2]

sweet

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melissos	*melissou	*melissoi
vocative	*melisse	*melissou	*melissoi
accusative	*melissom	*melissou	*melissoms
genitive	*melissī	*melissous	*melissom
dative	*melissūi	*melissobom	*melissobos
instrumental	*melissū	*melissobim	*melissobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melissā	*melissai	*melissās
vocative	*melissā	*melissai	*melissās
accusative	*melissam	*melissai	*melissams
genitive	*melissās	*melissous	*melissom
dative	*melissai	*melissābom	*melissābos
instrumental	*?	*melissābim	*melissābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melissom	*melissou	*melissā
vocative	*melissom	*melissou	*melissā
accusative	*melissom	*melissou	*melissā
genitive	*melissī	*melissous	*melissom
dative	*melissūi	*melissobom	*melissobos
instrumental	*melissū	*melissobim	*melissobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melissyūs	*?	*melissyoses
vocative	*melissyūs	*?	*melissyoses
accusative	*melissyosam	*?	*melissyosams
genitive	*melissisos	*?	*melissisom
dative	*melissisei	*?	*melissisbos
instrumental	*melissisī	*?	*melissisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melissyūs	*?	*melissyoses
vocative	*melissyūs	*?	*melissyoses
accusative	*melissyosam	*?	*melissyosams
genitive	*melissisos	*?	*melissisom
dative	*melissisei	*?	*melissisbos
instrumental	*melissisī	*?	*melissisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melissis	*?	*?
vocative	*melissis	*?	*?
accusative	*melissis	*?	*?
genitive	*melissisos	*?	*melissisom
dative	*melissisei	*?	*melissisbos
instrumental	*melissisī	*?	*melissisbis

Related terms

*meli

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *mɨlɨs m, *meles f
- Breton: milis
- Middle Welsh: melys, melis (with irregular vocalism)
  - Welsh: melys, melus
Old Irish: milis (with change to i-stems)
- Irish: milis
- Manx: millish
- Scottish Gaelic: milis
Gaulish: *meliđđos
- →⇒ Latin: Meliđđus, Meliđđius, Melissus, Melissa, Meliđđatius, Comeliđđus

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “meliđđos, melissos”, 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 224
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “melys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “meliđđos, melissos”, 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 224

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “melys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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