Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/moxs

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 *moḱs, whence also Sanskrit मक्षू (makṣū, “fast; early”), Avestan 𐬨𐬊𐬱𐬎 (mošu, “soon, quickly”), Latin mox (“soon”).

Adverb

*moxs

1. soon, early

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *mox
  • Middle Welsh: moch
    • Welsh: moch (“early, soon”)
  • → Old Irish: moch
    • Irish: moch
    • Manx: mogh
    • Scottish Gaelic: moch
• Old Irish: mó, mos

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 278