Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/menwīkos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *menus (“small”) + *-īkos.
Adjective
*menwīkos[1]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menwīkos | *menwīkou | *menwīkoi |
| vocative | *menwīke | *menwīkou | *menwīkoi |
| accusative | *menwīkom | *menwīkou | *menwīkons |
| genitive | *menwīkī | *menwīkous | *menwīkom |
| dative | *menwīkūi | *menwīkobom | *menwīkobos |
| instrumental | *menwīkū | *menwīkobim | *menwīkobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menwīkā | *menwīkai | *menwīkās |
| vocative | *menwīkā | *menwīkai | *menwīkās |
| accusative | *menwīkam | *menwīkai | *menwīkans |
| genitive | *menwīkās | *menwīkous | *menwīkom |
| dative | *menwīkai | *menwīkābom | *menwīkābos |
| instrumental | *? | *menwīkābim | *menwīkābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menwīkom | *menwīkou | *menwīkā |
| vocative | *menwīkom | *menwīkou | *menwīkā |
| accusative | *menwīkom | *menwīkou | *menwīkā |
| genitive | *menwīkī | *menwīkous | *menwīkom |
| dative | *menwīkūi | *menwīkobom | *menwīkobos |
| instrumental | *menwīkū | *menwīkobim | *menwīkobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menwīkyūs | *? | *menwīkyoses |
| vocative | *menwīkyūs | *? | *menwīkyoses |
| accusative | *menwīkyosam | *? | *menwīkyosans |
| genitive | *menwīkisos | *? | *menwīkisom |
| dative | *menwīkisei | *? | *menwīkisbos |
| instrumental | *menwīkisī | *? | *menwīkisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menwīkyūs | *? | *menwīkyoses |
| vocative | *menwīkyūs | *? | *menwīkyoses |
| accusative | *menwīkyosam | *? | *menwīkyosans |
| genitive | *menwīkisos | *? | *menwīkisom |
| dative | *menwīkisei | *? | *menwīkisbos |
| instrumental | *menwīkisī | *? | *menwīkisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *menwīkis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *menwīkis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *menwīkis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *menwīkisos | *? | *menwīkisom |
| dative | *menwīkisei | *? | *menwīkisbos |
| instrumental | *menwīkisī | *? | *menwīkisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *mɨnwig
- Middle Breton: mynhuiguenn, minuigen sg (“crumb”)
- Breton: minvig (“crumbs”)
- Middle Breton: mynhuiguenn, minuigen sg (“crumb”)
- Middle Irish: menbach
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207