Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mennos

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

Matasović tries to relate this to Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”), whence also Old Armenian մանր (manr), but the suffixation to yield the Celtic forms would be unclear.[1]

Noun

*mennos m[1]

  1. young goat; kid

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mennos *mennou *mennoi
vocative *menne *mennou *mennoi
accusative *mennom *mennou *mennons
genitive *mennī *mennous *mennom
dative *mennūi *mennobom *mennobos
locative *mennei *? *?
instrumental *mennū *mennobim *mennūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: menn

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*menno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 266
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