Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/metelos

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

Derivative of *meteti (“to reap”).^[1]

Noun

*metelos m^[2]

reaper

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*metelos	*metelou	*meteloi
vocative	*metele	*metelou	*meteloi
accusative	*metelom	*metelou	*metelons
genitive	*metelī	*metelous	*metelom
dative	*metelūi	*metelobom	*metelobos
locative	*metelei	*?	*?
instrumental	*metelū	*metelobim	*metelūis

Derived terms

*metelā

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *medel
- Old Cornish: midil
Gaulish: *metlos
- Gaulish: *Metlosedon
  - → Latin: Metlosedum
    - French: Melun (after being analogically restructured to *Metlodūnon)
- Gaulish: *Metlodūnon
  - → Latin: Meclodunum
    - French: Meudon
  - → French: Mions (via a Gallo-Romance Metdono)
Lepontic: 𐌌𐌄𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌖𐌉 (metelui, dat. sg. of personal name)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*metelo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 269
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “metelo-”, 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 226

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*metelo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 269

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “metelo-”, 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 226

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