Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mongā

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

Apparently a close relative, with an extra velar suffix, of *monis (“neck”). A velar suffix also appears in Germanic cognates like Danish manke (“mane”)^[1]

Noun

*mongā f

mane

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mongā	*mongai	*mongās
vocative	*mongā	*mongai	*mongās
accusative	*mongam	*mongai	*mongāns
genitive	*mongās	*mongous	*mongom
dative	*mongāi	*mongābom	*mongābos
locative	*mongai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*mongābim	*mongābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *mung
- Old Breton: mogou pl
  - Middle Breton: moe
    - Breton: moue
- Middle Welsh: mwng
  - Welsh: mwng
Old Irish: mong
- Middle Irish: mong
  - Irish: moing
  - Manx: mwing
  - Scottish Gaelic: uing

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mongā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mongā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276

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