Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mokkus
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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]
Borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. MacBain prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slippery, slimy”), connecting Latin mucus, Ancient Greek μυκτήρ (muktḗr, “nose, nostril”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*mokkus m or f[2]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mokkus | *mokkū | *mokkowes |
| vocative | *mokku | *mokkū | *mokkūs |
| accusative | *mokkum | *mokkū | *mokkums |
| genitive | *mokkous | *mokkous | *mokkowom |
| dative | *mokkou | *mokkubom | *mokkubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *mokkū | *mokkubim | *mokkubis |
Usage notes[edit]
The Brythonic descendants are masculine and the Goidelic descendants feminine. It is probable that the word originally belonged to either gender, depending on the sex of the specific animal referred to.
Descendants[edit]
- >? Proto-West Germanic: *mukk-
References[edit]
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “muc”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 274-275