Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mogos

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

An o-grade formation from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big”).^[1]

Adjective

*mogos^[1]

big, large, great
powerful

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mogos	*mogou	*mogoi
vocative	*moge	*mogou	*mogoi
accusative	*mogom	*mogou	*mogoms
genitive	*mogī	*mogous	*mogom
dative	*mogūi	*mogobom	*mogobos
instrumental	*mogū	*mogobim	*mogobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mogā	*mogai	*mogās
vocative	*mogā	*mogai	*mogās
accusative	*mogam	*mogai	*mogams
genitive	*mogās	*mogous	*mogom
dative	*mogai	*mogābom	*mogābos
instrumental	*?	*mogābim	*mogābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mogom	*mogou	*mogā
vocative	*mogom	*mogou	*mogā
accusative	*mogom	*mogou	*mogā
genitive	*mogī	*mogous	*mogom
dative	*mogūi	*mogobom	*mogobos
instrumental	*mogū	*mogobim	*mogobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mogyūs	*?	*mogyoses
vocative	*mogyūs	*?	*mogyoses
accusative	*mogyosam	*?	*mogyosams
genitive	*mogisos	*?	*mogisom
dative	*mogisei	*?	*mogisbos
instrumental	*mogisī	*?	*mogisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mogyūs	*?	*mogyoses
vocative	*mogyūs	*?	*mogyoses
accusative	*mogyosam	*?	*mogyosams
genitive	*mogisos	*?	*mogisom
dative	*mogisei	*?	*mogisbos
instrumental	*mogisī	*?	*mogisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mogis	*?	*?
vocative	*mogis	*?	*?
accusative	*mogis	*?	*?
genitive	*mogisos	*?	*mogisom
dative	*mogisei	*?	*mogisbos
instrumental	*mogisī	*?	*mogisbis

Reconstruction notes

It is uncertain what part of speech this base nominal is; it may be an adjective, or it may be an *-ós agent noun.^[2]
The derivation of Middle Welsh moi (“to foal”) from this family of words can be credited to Schumacher.^[3]

Derived terms

*mog-āti? *mogīti? *mogeti?
- Proto-Brythonic:
  - Middle Welsh: moi (“to foal”)
- Old Irish: mogaid
*mog-yos
- Gaulish:
  - → Latin: Māromogius (Noricum epithet for Mars)
*mogo-mnos
- Gaulish:
  - → Latin: Mogounus (epithet for Apollo)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 399-401
^ Prósper, Blanca María (2013) “Sifting the evidence: new interpretations on Celtic and non-Celtic personal names of Western Hispania in the light of phonetics, composition and suffixation”, in Juan Luis García Alonso, editor, Continental Celtic word formation: the onomastic data, Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, pages 181–200
^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 469

[Gordon-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 399-401

[2] Prósper, Blanca María (2013) “Sifting the evidence: new interpretations on Celtic and non-Celtic personal names of Western Hispania in the light of phonetics, composition and suffixation”, in Juan Luis García Alonso, editor, Continental Celtic word formation: the onomastic data, Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, pages 181–200

[3] Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 469

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