Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mentiyū
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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]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *mantiyū (with zero grade)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”) + *-tiyū. Cognate to Latin mentiō.[1]
Noun
[edit]*mentiyū f
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mentiyū | *mentiyone? | *mentiyones |
| vocative | *mentiyū | *mentiyone? | *mentiyones |
| accusative | *mentiyonam | *mentiyone? | *mentiyonams |
| genitive | *mentiyonos | *mentiyonows? | *mentiyonom |
| dative | *mentiyonei | *mentiyombom | *mentiyombos |
| locative | *mentiyon(i) | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *mentiyonei | *mentiyombim | *mentiyombis |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, pages 127-128