Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/madawyos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From unattested adjective *madawos + *-yos, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂dh₂-wó-s, possibly related to *madyeti (“to break”), perhaps from *meh₂d- (“to be wet”).
Adjective
*madawyos[1]
Alternative reconstructions
- *madyos[2]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyos | *madauyou | *madauyoi |
| vocative | *madauye | *madauyou | *madauyoi |
| accusative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyons |
| genitive | *madauyī | *madauyous | *madauyom |
| dative | *madauyūi | *madauyobom | *madauyobos |
| instrumental | *madauyū | *madauyobim | *madauyobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyā | *madauyai | *madauyās |
| vocative | *madauyā | *madauyai | *madauyās |
| accusative | *madauyam | *madauyai | *madauyans |
| genitive | *madauyās | *madauyous | *madauyom |
| dative | *madauyai | *madauyābom | *madauyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *madauyābim | *madauyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyā |
| vocative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyā |
| accusative | *madauyom | *madauyou | *madauyā |
| genitive | *madauyī | *madauyous | *madauyom |
| dative | *madauyūi | *madauyobom | *madauyobos |
| instrumental | *madauyū | *madauyobim | *madauyobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyūs | *? | *madauyoses |
| vocative | *madauyūs | *? | *madauyoses |
| accusative | *madauyosam | *? | *madauyosans |
| genitive | *madauyisos | *? | *madauyisom |
| dative | *madauyisei | *? | *madauyisbos |
| instrumental | *madauyisī | *? | *madauyisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyūs | *? | *madauyoses |
| vocative | *madauyūs | *? | *madauyoses |
| accusative | *madauyosam | *? | *madauyosans |
| genitive | *madauyisos | *? | *madauyisom |
| dative | *madauyisei | *? | *madauyisbos |
| instrumental | *madauyisī | *? | *madauyisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *madauyis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *madauyis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *madauyis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *madauyisos | *? | *madauyisom |
| dative | *madauyisei | *? | *madauyisbos |
| instrumental | *madauyisī | *? | *madauyisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *madaw f
- Old Irish: madae
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 210: “*madau̯i̯o-/ā”
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*madyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 252