Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/medwos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
According to McCone, originally from a vṛddhi derivative *mēdw- of *médʰu (“mead”). The short vowel would arise via some secondary process (McCone goes with shortening before -dw- as observed in *swādus > Sadb).[1]
Adjective
*medwos[2]
- pertaining to or associated with mead
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *medwos | *medwou | *medwoi |
| vocative | *medwe | *medwou | *medwoi |
| accusative | *medwom | *medwou | *medwons |
| genitive | *medwī | *medwous | *medwom |
| dative | *medwūi | *medwobom | *medwobos |
| instrumental | *medwū | *medwobim | *medwobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *medwā | *medwai | *medwās |
| vocative | *medwā | *medwai | *medwās |
| accusative | *medwam | *medwai | *medwans |
| genitive | *medwās | *medwous | *medwom |
| dative | *medwai | *medwābom | *medwābos |
| instrumental | *? | *medwābim | *medwābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *medwom | *medwou | *medwā |
| vocative | *medwom | *medwou | *medwā |
| accusative | *medwom | *medwou | *medwā |
| genitive | *medwī | *medwous | *medwom |
| dative | *medwūi | *medwobom | *medwobos |
| instrumental | *medwū | *medwobim | *medwobis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *meðw (“drunk, intoxicated”)
- Old Irish: medb (“intoxicating”), Medb
- Gaulish: *meduos (“drunk, intoxicated”)
References
- ^ McCone, Kim (2020) “The good, the bad and the lovely: the transmission of kingship in Esnada Tige Buchet and the Odyssey, and medieval Irish reflexes of Proto-Indo-European sovereignty myths”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 67, number 1, , →ISSN, pages 65–174
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies