Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/menekkis
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Germanic *managaz and Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ. According to Watkins, the Germanic, Slavic, and Celtic terms could all stem from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *monogʰos.[1][2][3], from *mengʰ-, *menegʰ- (“many, sufficient”), but the general restriction of cognates of this term to these 3 make the theory of it being loaned from a northwest European substrate language more likely. Older theories derived the term from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“large”) with a nasal infix. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Adjective
*menekkis
Inflection
| I-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menekkis | *menekkī | *menekkīs |
| vocative | *menekki | *menekkī | *menekkīs |
| accusative | *menekkim | *menekkī | *menekkins |
| genitive | *menekkeis | *menekkyou | *menekkyom |
| dative | *menekkei | *menekkibom | *menekkibos |
| instrumental | *menekkī | *menekkibim | *menekkibis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menekkis | *menekkī | *menekkīs |
| vocative | *menekki | *menekkī | *menekkīs |
| accusative | *menekkim | *menekkī | *menekkins |
| genitive | *menekkeis | *menekkyou | *menekkyom |
| dative | *menekkei | *menekkibom | *menekkibos |
| instrumental | *menekkī | *menekkibim | *menekkibis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menekki | *menekkī | *menekkyā |
| vocative | *menekki | *menekkī | *menekkyā |
| accusative | *menekki | *menekkī | *menekkyā |
| genitive | *menekkois | *menekkois | *menekkyom |
| dative | *menekkē | *menekkibom | *menekkibos |
| instrumental | *menekkī | *menekkibim | *menekkibis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
- ^ “many”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “many”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъnogъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “adj. o ‘much, many’”
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2002) Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la Península Ibérica, Universidad de Salamanca, →ISBN, pages 208-213.