Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messus

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 1

From *med- +‎ *-tus (verbal noun suffix).

Noun

*messus m[1]

  2. judgement
Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *messus *messū *messowes
vocative *messu *messū *messūs
accusative *messum *messū *messuns
genitive *messous *messous *messowom
dative *messou *messubom *messubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *messū *messubim *messubis
Derived terms

See Old Irish mess for more derivatives.

  • *kom-messus
    • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Irish: comus
Descendants

Etymology 2

Possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate, as Matasovic finds connections to Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”) and *meh₂d- (“to be wet”) unconvincing.

Noun

*messus m[2]

  2. acorn, tree fruit, mast.
Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *messus *messū *messowes
vocative *messu *messū *messūs
accusative *messum *messū *messuns
genitive *messous *messous *messowom
dative *messou *messubom *messubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *messū *messubim *messubis
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (2015) Die Verbalabstrakta des Altirischen (in German), pages 447-456
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
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