Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mā

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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

Matasović compares Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, surely, truly).

Conjunction

*mā

  1. if

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: ma
    • Cornish: mar
  • Old Irish:
    • Irish:
    • Manx: my
    • Scottish Gaelic: ma

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mā, *ma”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 251