Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/medwos

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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

According to McCone, originally from a vṛddhi derivative *mēdw- of *médʰu (mead). The short vowel would arise via some secondary process (McCone goes with shortening before -dw- as observed in *swādus > Sadb).

Adjective

*medwos

  1. pertaining to or associated with mead

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *medwos *medwou *medwoi
vocative *medwe *medwou *medwoi
accusative *medwom *medwou *medwons
genitive *medwī *medwous *medwom
dative *medwūi *medwobom *medwobos
instrumental *medwū *medwobim *medwobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *medwā *medwai *medwās
vocative *medwā *medwai *medwās
accusative *medwam *medwai *medwans
genitive *medwās *medwous *medwom
dative *medwai *medwābom *medwābos
instrumental *? *medwābim *medwābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *medwom *medwou *medwā
vocative *medwom *medwou *medwā
accusative *medwom *medwou *medwā
genitive *medwī *medwous *medwom
dative *medwūi *medwobom *medwobos
instrumental *medwū *medwobim *medwobis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ McCone, Kim (2020) “The good, the bad and the lovely: the transmission of kingship in Esnada Tige Buchet and the Odyssey, and medieval Irish reflexes of Proto-Indo-European sovereignty myths”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 67, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 65–174
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies