Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Medugenos

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

From *medu (“mead, alcoholic drink”) +‎ *genos (“family, clan”).

Proper noun

*Medugenos m[1]

  1. a male given name

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Medugenos — —
vocative *Medugene — —
accusative *Medugenom — —
genitive *Medugenī — —
dative *Medugenūi — —
locative *Medugenei — —
instrumental *Medugenū — —

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Welsh: Medgen
  • Hispano-Celtic:
    • → Latin: Meduenus
    • Celtiberian: Mezukenos
  • Gaulish: Medugenos
  • Primitive Irish: ᚋᚓᚇᚇᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ (Meddogeni)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*medu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261: “*Medu-genos”
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