Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/morwis

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

Derivative of Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”)^[1]

Noun

*morwis f

ant

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*morwis	*morwī	*morwīs
vocative	*morwi	*morwī	*morwīs
accusative	*morwim	*morwī	*morwins
genitive	*morweis	*morwyow	*morwyom
dative	*morwei	*morwibom	*morwibos
locative	*morwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*morwī	*morwibim	*morwibis

Alternative reconstructions

*morwī^[2]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: moriuon
  - Middle Breton: meryen
    - Breton: merien
- Cornish: moryon
- ⇒ Middle Welsh: morgrug
  - Welsh: morgrug
- Welsh: mŷr
Old Irish: moirb

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*morwi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
^ Fleuriot, Léon, Evans, Claude (1985) “moriuon”, in A Dictionary of Old Breton – Dictionnaire du vieux breton: Historical and Comparative (in French), Toronto: Prepcorp, page 260

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*morwi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

[2] Fleuriot, Léon, Evans, Claude (1985) “moriuon”, in A Dictionary of Old Breton – Dictionnaire du vieux breton: Historical and Comparative (in French), Toronto: Prepcorp, page 260

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