Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/metelos
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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]Derivative of *meteti (“to reap”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*metelos m[2]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *metelos | *metelou | *meteloi |
| vocative | *metele | *metelou | *meteloi |
| accusative | *metelom | *metelou | *meteloms |
| genitive | *metelī | *metelous | *metelom |
| dative | *metelūi | *metelobom | *metelobos |
| locative | *metelei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *metelū | *metelobim | *metelūis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *medel
- Old Cornish: midil
- Gaulish: *metlos
- Gaulish: *Metlosedon
- → Latin: Metlosedum
- French: Melun (after being analogically restructured to *Metlodūnon)
- → Latin: Metlosedum
- Gaulish: *Metlodūnon
- → Latin: Meclodunum
- French: Meudon
- → French: Mions (via a Gallo-Romance Metdono)
- → Latin: Meclodunum
- Gaulish: *Metlosedon
- Lepontic: 𐌌𐌄𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌖𐌉 (metelui, dat. sg. of personal name)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*metelo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 269
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “metelo-”, 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 226