Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/melissos
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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 *mélit (“honey”) + *-tós (adjectival suffix).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*melissos[2]
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *melissos | *melissou | *melissoi |
| vocative | *melisse | *melissou | *melissoi |
| accusative | *melissom | *melissou | *melissoms |
| genitive | *melissī | *melissous | *melissom |
| dative | *melissūi | *melissobom | *melissobos |
| instrumental | *melissū | *melissobim | *melissobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *melissā | *melissai | *melissās |
| vocative | *melissā | *melissai | *melissās |
| accusative | *melissam | *melissai | *melissams |
| genitive | *melissās | *melissous | *melissom |
| dative | *melissai | *melissābom | *melissābos |
| instrumental | *? | *melissābim | *melissābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *melissom | *melissou | *melissā |
| vocative | *melissom | *melissou | *melissā |
| accusative | *melissom | *melissou | *melissā |
| genitive | *melissī | *melissous | *melissom |
| dative | *melissūi | *melissobom | *melissobos |
| instrumental | *melissū | *melissobim | *melissobis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *mɨlɨs m, *meles f
- Old Irish: milis (with change to i-stems)
- Gaulish: *meliđđos
- →⇒ Latin: Meliđđus, Meliđđius, Melissus, Melissa, Meliđđatius, Comeliđđus
References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “meliđđos, melissos”, 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 224
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “melys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies