Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messos

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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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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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*messos[1]

  1. worse
  2. comparative degree of *ulkos

Declension

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O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *messos *messou *messoi
vocative *messe *messou *messoi
accusative *messom *messou *messoms
genitive *messī *messous *messom
dative *messūi *messobom *messobos
instrumental *messū *messobim *messobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *messā *messai *messās
vocative *messā *messai *messās
accusative *messam *messai *messams
genitive *messās *messous *messom
dative *messai *messābom *messābos
instrumental *? *messābim *messābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *messom *messou *messā
vocative *messom *messou *messā
accusative *messom *messou *messā
genitive *messī *messous *messom
dative *messūi *messobom *messobos
instrumental *messū *messobim *messobis

Descendants

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  • Goidelic:
    • Old Irish: messa
      • Irish: measa
      • Scottish Gaelic: miosa
      • Manx: messey

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268