Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/melinos

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 *meli (“honey”) +‎ *-nos (“adjectival suffix”).

Adjective

*melinos

1. yellow; likened as the colour of honey

Inflection

O/ā-stem

masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinos	*melinou	*melinoi
vocative	*meline	*melinou	*melinoi
accusative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinons
genitive	*melinī	*melinous	*melinom
dative	*melinūi	*melinobom	*melinobos
instrumental	*melinū	*melinobim	*melinobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinā	*melinai	*melinās
vocative	*melinā	*melinai	*melinās
accusative	*melinam	*melinai	*melinans
genitive	*melinās	*melinous	*melinom
dative	*melinai	*melinābom	*melinābos
instrumental	*?	*melinābim	*melinābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinā
vocative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinā
accusative	*melinom	*melinou	*melinā
genitive	*melinī	*melinous	*melinom
dative	*melinūi	*melinobom	*melinobos
instrumental	*melinū	*melinobim	*melinobis

Declension of the comparative

masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
vocative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
accusative	*melinyosam	*?	*melinyosans
genitive	*melinisos	*?	*melinisom
dative	*melinisei	*?	*melinisbos
instrumental	*melinisī	*?	*melinisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
vocative	*melinyūs	*?	*melinyoses
accusative	*melinyosam	*?	*melinyosans
genitive	*melinisos	*?	*melinisom
dative	*melinisei	*?	*melinisbos
instrumental	*melinisī	*?	*melinisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melinis	*?	*?
vocative	*melinis	*?	*?
accusative	*melinis	*?	*?
genitive	*melinisos	*?	*melinisom
dative	*melinisei	*?	*melinisbos
instrumental	*melinisī	*?	*melinisbis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *mɨlɨn m, *melen f
  • Old Breton: melin, milin
    • Middle Breton: melen
      • Breton: melen
  • Old Cornish: milin
    • Middle Cornish: melyn
      • Cornish: melyn
  • Old Welsh: melen
    • Middle Welsh: melyn, melin
      • Welsh: melyn
• Gaulish: *melinos
  • → Latin: melinus, Melinus, Melina
    • Romansch: mélen
    • Sardinian: mélinu
    • →⇒ German: Mehlenbach (name of a river)

References

Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)

*bānos, *loukos, *windos	*ɸleitos, *blāros	*dubus
*roudos; *dergos	*dusnos	*blāwos, *melinos
	*glastos
		*gurmos