Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mentiyū

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *mantiyū (with zero grade)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”) + *-tiyū. Cognate to Latin mentiō.[1]

Noun

*mentiyū f

  1. thought

Inflection

Masculine/feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mentiyū *mentiyone? *mentiyones
vocative *mentiyū *mentiyone? *mentiyones
accusative *mentiyonam *mentiyone? *mentiyonans
genitive *mentiyonos *mentiyonows? *mentiyonom
dative *mentiyonei *mentiyombom *mentiyombos
locative *mentiyon(i) *? *?
instrumental *mentiyonei *mentiyombim *mentiyombis

Derived terms

  • *to-mentiyū
    • Old Irish: toimtiu
      • Irish: toimhde (“presumption”)
  • *ɸare-mentiyū
    • Old Irish: airmitiu
  • *uɸo-mentiyū
    • Old Irish: foimtiu

References

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, pages 127-128
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