Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/maginos

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

    Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂- (“big, great”). Compare *magos (“field”) and Sanskrit मही (mahī, “earth”, literally “the great one”) for similar semantic developments from the same root.[1]

    Noun

    *maginos m

    1. stone
    2. place

    Inflection

    Masculine o-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *maginos *maginou *maginoi
    vocative *magine *maginou *maginoi
    accusative *maginom *maginou *maginons
    genitive *maginī *maginous *maginom
    dative *maginūi *maginobom *maginobos
    locative *maginei *? *?
    instrumental *maginū *maginobim *maginūis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Brythonic: *maɣɨn
      • Cornish: men
      • Old Breton: main
        • Middle Breton: men
          • Breton: maen (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Welsh:
    • Old Irish: magen

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*magino-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 252
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