Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mlastos

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

Uncertain; possibly cognate Czech mlsati (“to lick”), Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”), Polish pomłoski (“tidbit”), presuming a Proto-Indo-European *mels- root,^[1] however, the expected outcome of *ml̥s-tó-s would be *malstos, requiring liquid metathesis, or, perhaps, a special rule, to arrive at *mlastos.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noun

*mlastos m^[1]^[4]^[5]

taste

Alternative reconstructions

*mlastā f, *mlastom n^[5]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *blas m
- Middle Breton: blas, blaz
  - Breton: blas (“taste, tastiness; (bad) smell”)
- Middle Cornish: blas
  - Cornish: blas
- Middle Welsh: blas
  - Welsh: blas (“taste, flavor”)
Old Irish: mlas ? (“taste”)
- Middle Irish: blas
  - Irish: blas
  - Manx: blass
  - Scottish Gaelic: blas

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mels-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 725: “*mlasto”
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 410
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 498
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mlasto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Koch, John (2004) “*mlastā-, *mlasto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 352

[IEW-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mels-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 725: “*mlasto”

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 410

[3] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 498

[EDPC-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mlasto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273

[EPCW-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Koch, John (2004) “*mlastā-, *mlasto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 352

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