Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mailos
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Proto-Celtic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. A connection with Proto-Germanic *maitaną (“cut”) has been made, but is not certain.[1] Also compare Proto-Slavic *mělъkъ (“shallow, narrow”), Irish maoth (“tender”).[2]
Adjective[edit]
*mailos
Declension[edit]
O/ā-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mailos | *mailou | *mailoi |
vocative | *maile | *mailou | *mailoi |
accusative | *mailom | *mailou | *mailoms |
genitive | *mailī | *mailous | *mailom |
dative | *mailūi | *mailobom | *mailobos |
instrumental | *mailū | *mailobim | *mailobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mailā | *mailai | *mailās |
vocative | *mailā | *mailai | *mailās |
accusative | *mailam | *mailai | *mailams |
genitive | *mailās | *mailous | *mailom |
dative | *mailai | *mailābom | *mailābos |
instrumental | *? | *mailābim | *mailābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mailom | *mailou | *mailā |
vocative | *mailom | *mailou | *mailā |
accusative | *mailom | *mailou | *mailā |
genitive | *mailī | *mailous | *mailom |
dative | *mailūi | *mailobom | *mailobos |
instrumental | *mailū | *mailobim | *mailobis |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*maylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 260
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “maol”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN