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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mesalkā
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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
Unknown. Matasović concludes it as a loanword from a Northwestern European language.[1] Cognate with Latin merula and Proto-Germanic *amslǭ.
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mesalkā | *mesalkai | *mesalkās |
| vocative | *mesalkā | *mesalkai | *mesalkās |
| accusative | *mesalkam | *mesalkai | *mesalkāms |
| genitive | *mesalkās | *mesalkous | *mesalkom |
| dative | *mesalkāi | *mesalkābom | *mesalkābos |
| locative | *mesalkai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *mesalkābim | *mesalkābis |
Descendants
- Brythonic:
- Old Breton: moualch
- Breton: moualc'h
- Old Cornish: moelh
- Cornish: mola
- Welsh: mwyalch
- Old Breton: moualch
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mesal-kā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
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