Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mīnis
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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]From Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”), whence also Latin mītis, Lithuanian meilė, and Sanskrit मयस् (mayas).[1]
Adjective
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| I-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mīnis | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
| vocative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
| accusative | *mīnim | *mīnī | *mīnims |
| genitive | *mīnēs | *mīnyou | *mīnyom |
| dative | *mīnē | *mīnibom | *mīnibos |
| instrumental | *mīnī | *mīnibim | *mīnibis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mīnis | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
| vocative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
| accusative | *mīnim | *mīnī | *mīnims |
| genitive | *mīnēs | *mīnyou | *mīnyom |
| dative | *mīnē | *mīnibom | *mīnibos |
| instrumental | *mīnī | *mīnibim | *mīnibis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnyā |
| vocative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnyā |
| accusative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnyā |
| genitive | *mīnois | *mīnois | *mīnyom |
| dative | *mīnē | *mīnibom | *mīnibos |
| instrumental | *mīnī | *mīnibim | *mīnibis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “minio-, meno-”, 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 227
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119