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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mailos
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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
Etymology
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]
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mailos | *mailou | *mailoi |
| vocative | *maile | *mailou | *mailūs |
| 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
References
- 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, Stirling, →ISBN
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