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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/molos

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *molh₂ós (Uhlich does not note the laryngeal)[1] from *melh₂- (to grind) +‎ *-ós (agent suffix).

Noun

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*molos m

  1. grinder

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *molos *molou *moloi
vocative *mole *molou *moloi
accusative *molom *molou *molons
genitive *molī *molous *molom
dative *molūi *molobom *molobos
locative *molei *? *?
instrumental *molū *molobim *molūis
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Descendants

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  • Old Irish: mol (axle for a mill-wheel)
    • Irish: mol (hub, shaft)
    • Scottish Gaelic: mul (axis, axle-tree)

References

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  1. ^ Uhlich, Jurgen (2002) “Verbal governing compounds (synthetics) in Early Irish and other Celtic languages”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 100, number 3, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, page 416