Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/melinos

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 *meli (“honey”) +‎ *-nos (“adjectival suffix”).[1]

Adjective

*melinos

  1. yellow; likened as the colour of honey

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *melinos *melinou *melinoi
vocative *meline *melinou *melinoi
accusative *melinom *melinou *melinons
genitive *melinī *melinous *melinom
dative *melinūi *melinobom *melinobos
instrumental *melinū *melinobim *melinobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *melinā *melinai *melinās
vocative *melinā *melinai *melinās
accusative *melinam *melinai *melinans
genitive *melinās *melinous *melinom
dative *melinai *melinābom *melinābos
instrumental *? *melinābim *melinābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *melinom *melinou *melinā
vocative *melinom *melinou *melinā
accusative *melinom *melinou *melinā
genitive *melinī *melinous *melinom
dative *melinūi *melinobom *melinobos
instrumental *melinū *melinobim *melinobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *melinyūs *? *melinyoses
vocative *melinyūs *? *melinyoses
accusative *melinyosam *? *melinyosans
genitive *melinisos *? *melinisom
dative *melinisei *? *melinisbos
instrumental *melinisī *? *melinisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *melinyūs *? *melinyoses
vocative *melinyūs *? *melinyoses
accusative *melinyosam *? *melinyosans
genitive *melinisos *? *melinisom
dative *melinisei *? *melinisbos
instrumental *melinisī *? *melinisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *melinis *? *?
vocative *melinis *? *?
accusative *melinis *? *?
genitive *melinisos *? *melinisom
dative *melinisei *? *melinisbos
instrumental *melinisī *? *melinisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mɨlɨn m, *melen f
  • Gaulish: *melinos
    • → Latin: melinus, Melinus, Melina
      • Romansch: mélen
      • Sardinian: mélinu
      • →⇒ German: Mehlenbach (name of a river)

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “melinos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 224
Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)
     *bānos, *loukos, *windos      *ɸleitos, *blāros      *dubus
             *roudos; *dergos              *dusnos              *blāwos, *melinos
                          *glastos             
                                       *gurmos
                                      
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