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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mesalkā

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.

Noun

*mesalkā f[1]

  1. blackbird

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
    • Welsh: mwyalch

References

  1. 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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