muinél

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *moniklos, cognate with Welsh mwnwgl), derived from Proto-Celtic *monis (from which Middle Irish muin (“neck, nape”) and Welsh mŵn (“neck”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mon-i- (“neck”). Related to Sanskrit मन्या (mányā-, “neck”), Latin monīle (“necklace”), and English mane. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).[1][2]

Noun

muinél m

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. neck, narrow part (of objects)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative muinél muinélL muiniúilL
vocative muiniúil muinélL *muinéoluH
accusative muinélN muinélL *muinéoluH
genitive muiniúilL muinél muinélN
dative muinéolL muinélaib muinélaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: muineál
  • Manx: mwannal
  • Scottish Gaelic: muineal

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1960) “muin”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume M-P, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page M-72
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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