Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/metelā

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

A collective formed to *metelos (“reaper”).[1]

Noun

*metelā f

  1. a band of reapers

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *metelā *metelai *metelās
vocative *metelā *metelai *metelās
accusative *metelam *metelai *metelāns
genitive *metelās *metelous *metelom
dative *metelāi *metelābom *metelābos
locative *metelai *? *?
instrumental *? *metelābim *metelābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *medel
  • Old Irish: methel

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*metelo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 269
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