Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mlātos

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 *ml̥h₂-tó-s, from *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”) +‎ *-tós.

Noun

*mlātos m[1][2]

  1. flour

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mlātos *mlātou *mlātoi
vocative *mlāte *mlātou *mlātoi
accusative *mlātom *mlātou *mlātons
genitive *mlātī *mlātous *mlātom
dative *mlātūi *mlātobom *mlātobos
locative *mlātei *? *?
instrumental *mlātū *mlātobim *mlātūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *blọd
    • Old Breton: blot
    • Old Cornish: blot
    • Middle Welsh: blawt
  • Gaulish: *blatos (conflated with *blātus (“flower”))[2]

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mlāto/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 273-274
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “blato-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 77
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