Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/menus

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

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”)[1]

Adjective

*menus

  1. small, minute

Inflection

Welsh shows a stem shape *man-, indicating an original ablauting u-stem paradigm that was thematized into *menwo- in Irish.[2]

U-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *menus *menū *menowes
vocative *menu *menū *menūs
accusative *menum *menū *menuns
genitive *manous *manous *manowom
dative *manou *manubom *manubos
instrumental *manū *manubim *manubis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *menus *menū *menowes
vocative *menu *menū *menūs
accusative *menum *menū *menuns
genitive *manous *manous *manowom
dative *manou *manubom *manubos
instrumental *manū *manubim *manubis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *menu *menū *menwā
vocative *menu *menū *menwā
accusative *menu *menū *menwā
genitive *manous *manous *manowom
dative *manou *manubom *manubos
instrumental *manū *manubim *manubis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Irish: min
    • Irish: mion
    • Scottish Gaelic: mion
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • ⇒ Old Welsh: dimanuo (3sg. pres. subj.)
      • Middle Welsh: divanw
        • Welsh: difenwi
  • ⇒ Old Irish: menb (from thematized *menwos)
    • Middle Irish: menb

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*menwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 267
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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