Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/miskos

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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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From Proto-Indo-European *miḱsḱéti (to mix), from *meyḱ-.[1]

Noun

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*miskos m

  1. mixture, confusion

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *miskos *miskou *miskoi
vocative *miske *miskou *miskoi
accusative *miskom *miskou *miskoms
genitive *miskī *miskous *miskom
dative *miskūi *miskobom *miskobos
locative *miskei *? *?
instrumental *miskū *miskobim *miskūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *mɨsk, *kɨm-mɨsk
  • Old Irish: cummasc (mixture, disturbance)

Adjective

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*miskos

  1. mixed, confused
  2. drunk

Inflection

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O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *miskos *miskou *miskoi
vocative *miske *miskou *miskoi
accusative *miskom *miskou *miskoms
genitive *miskī *miskous *miskom
dative *miskūi *miskobom *miskobos
instrumental *miskū *miskobim *miskobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *miskā *miskai *miskās
vocative *miskā *miskai *miskās
accusative *miskam *miskai *miskams
genitive *miskās *miskous *miskom
dative *miskai *miskābom *miskābos
instrumental *? *miskābim *miskābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *miskom *miskou *miskā
vocative *miskom *miskou *miskā
accusative *miskom *miskou *miskā
genitive *miskī *miskous *miskom
dative *miskūi *miskobom *miskobos
instrumental *miskū *miskobim *miskobis

Descendants

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  • Welsh: cymysg (mixed)
  • Old Irish: mesc (confused, drunk), mescc
  • Latin: Orgenomesquī (name of a Cantabrian tribe, literally slaughter-drunk)

Preposition

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*miskos

  1. amid, amidst

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273