Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/monis

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

From Proto-Indo-European *mónis (“neck”).^[1]

Noun

*monis f

neck

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*monis	*monī	*monīs
vocative	*moni	*monī	*monīs
accusative	*monim	*monī	*monims
genitive	*moneis	*monyow	*monyom
dative	*monei	*monibom	*monibos
locative	*monei	*?	*?
instrumental	*monī	*monibim	*monibis

Derived terms

*moniklos

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *mun
- Old Breton: mun
- Middle Welsh: mwn
  - Welsh: mŵn
Old Irish: muin (“upper back”)
- Middle Irish: muin
  - Scottish Gaelic: muin

References

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

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

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