Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/molātor

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

Cognate with *mālos (“praise”). Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“inform”), Proto-Slavic *modliti (“ask, pray”), Old Armenian մաղթեմ (małtʻem, “implore, pray”)), though the loss of the dʰ is problematic.

Verb

*molātor

1. to praise, to laud

Inflection

Ā-present, suffixless preterite, deponent
Passive voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*molār	—	?	—
2nd singular	*molātar	—	?	—
3rd singular	*molātor	?	?	—
1st plural	*molāmmor	—	?	—
2nd plural	*molādwe	—	?	—
3rd plural	*molāntor	?	?	—
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	—	—
2nd singular	?	—	—
3rd singular	?	—	—
1st plural	?	—	—
2nd plural	?	—	—
3rd plural	?	—	—

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *molọd
  • Middle Breton: meuliff
    • Breton: meuliñ
  • Cornish: moli, mawl
  • Old Welsh: molim (verbal noun)
    • Middle Welsh: moli
      • Welsh: moli
• Old Irish: molaidir, molid
  • Middle Irish: molaid
    • Irish: mol
    • Scottish Gaelic: mol
    • Manx: moylley

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mol-ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 275