Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mennos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

*mennos m[1]

  1. young goat; kid

Inflection[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: menn

References[edit]

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