Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/magos

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 from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”) with a semantic shift from "great one" > "soil; plain".[1] See Sanskrit मही (mahī́, “earth”) for a similar semantic development.

Noun

*magos n[1]

  1. plain, field

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *magos *magese? *magesa
vocative *magos *magese? *magesa
accusative *magos *magese? *magesa
genitive *magesos *magesous? *magesom
dative *magesei *magesbom *magesbos
locative *magesi *? *?
instrumental *magesei *magesbim *magesbis

Derived terms

  • *mages-tus
    • Proto-Brythonic: *maɣes
      • Breton: maez
      • Cornish: mes
      • Old Welsh: maessid pl

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *maɣ
  • Gaulish: *magos
  • Old Irish: mag

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*magos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
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