Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/makkos

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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

Uncertain. Stifter reconstructs *magʰ-kos, derived from the root *magʰ- (“to be able”).

Noun

*makkos m

  1. (law) surety

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *makkos *makkou *makkoi
vocative *makke *makkou *makkoi
accusative *makkom *makkou *makkons
genitive *makkī *makkous *makkom
dative *makkūi *makkobom *makkobos
locative *makkei *? *?
instrumental *makkū *makkobim *makkūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *max
  • Old Irish: macc (“surety”)

References

  1. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎, volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 35
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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