Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/meitos

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

Most immediately comparable to Latin mītis.[1] See there for further etymological discussion.

Adjective

*meitos

  1. soft

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *meitos *meitou *meitoi
vocative *meite *meitou *meitoi
accusative *meitom *meitou *meitons
genitive *meitī *meitous *meitom
dative *meitūi *meitobom *meitobos
instrumental *meitū *meitobim *meitobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *meitā *meitai *meitās
vocative *meitā *meitai *meitās
accusative *meitam *meitai *meitans
genitive *meitās *meitous *meitom
dative *meitai *meitābom *meitābos
instrumental *? *meitābim *meitābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *meitom *meitou *meitā
vocative *meitom *meitou *meitā
accusative *meitom *meitou *meitā
genitive *meitī *meitous *meitom
dative *meitūi *meitobom *meitobos
instrumental *meitū *meitobim *meitobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *meityūs *? *meityoses
vocative *meityūs *? *meityoses
accusative *meityosam *? *meityosans
genitive *meitisos *? *meitisom
dative *meitisei *? *meitisbos
instrumental *meitisī *? *meitisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *meityūs *? *meityoses
vocative *meityūs *? *meityoses
accusative *meityosam *? *meityosans
genitive *meitisos *? *meitisom
dative *meitisei *? *meitisbos
instrumental *meitisī *? *meitisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *meitis *? *?
vocative *meitis *? *?
accusative *meitis *? *?
genitive *meitisos *? *meitisom
dative *meitisei *? *meitisbos
instrumental *meitisī *? *meitisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *muɨd
    • Middle Welsh: mwydon pl
      • Welsh: mwyd (“soaking”), mwydyn (“soft parts”)
  • Old Irish: méth (“fat”)
    • Middle Irish: méth
      • Irish: méith
      • Scottish Gaelic: mèath

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 270
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