Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mongā

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

Apparently a close relative, with an extra velar suffix, of *monis (“neck”). A velar suffix also appears in Germanic cognates like Danish manke (“mane”)[1]

Noun

*mongā f

  1. mane

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mongā *mongai *mongās
vocative *mongā *mongai *mongās
accusative *mongam *mongai *mongāns
genitive *mongās *mongous *mongom
dative *mongāi *mongābom *mongābos
locative *mongai *? *?
instrumental *? *mongābim *mongābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mung
    • Old Breton: mogou pl
    • Middle Welsh: mwng
  • Old Irish: mong
    • Middle Irish: mong
      • Irish: moing
      • Manx: mwing
      • Scottish Gaelic: uing

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mongā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
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