Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/moniyos

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 Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). Cognate with Latin mons and Old Norse mœnir.

Noun

*moniyos m[1]

  1. mountain

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *moniyos *moniyou *moniyoi
vocative *moniye *moniyou *moniyoi
accusative *moniyom *moniyou *moniyons
genitive *moniyī *moniyous *moniyom
dative *moniyūi *moniyobom *moniyobos
locative *moniyei *? *?
instrumental *moniyū *moniyobim *moniyūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mönɨð (“mountain”)
    • Old Breton: monid
    • Old Cornish: menit
    • Middle Welsh: mynyð

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*moniyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
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