Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/magotaxtā

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

Best related to Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl”).[1]

Noun

*magotaxtā f[2]

  1. young girl
  2. servant girl

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *magotaxtā *magotaxtai *magotaxtās
vocative *magotaxtā *magotaxtai *magotaxtās
accusative *magotaxtam *magotaxtai *magotaxtāns
genitive *magotaxtās *magotaxtous *magotaxtom
dative *magotaxtāi *magotaxtābom *magotaxtābos
locative *magotaxtai *? *?
instrumental *? *magotaxtābim *magotaxtābis

Alternative reconstructions

  • *makʷkʷodextā[3]

Reconstruction notes

The /x/ in Brittonic is irregular; it is explained by Pokorny as due to influence of the geminate variant *makʷkʷos of *makʷos (“son”).

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *maxdaɨθ
    • Breton: matez (“female servant”)
    • Old Cornish: mahtheid
      • Middle Cornish: maghteth, maghtyth
        • Cornish: maithes
    • Middle Welsh: machteith, machdaith
  • Old Irish: macdacht
    • Middle Irish: macdacht, maccdacht

References

  1. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 62
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “maghos”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 696
  3. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 127 and 422
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