Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/meinos

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”), whence also Latin mītis, Lithuanian meilė, and Sanskrit मयस् (mayas).[1] See also Proto-Celtic *mīnis from the same root, but with different root ablaut and suffixation.

Adjective

*meinos

  1. tender, soft, gentle

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *meinos *meinou *meinoi
vocative *meine *meinou *meinoi
accusative *meinom *meinou *meinons
genitive *meinī *meinous *meinom
dative *meinūi *meinobom *meinobos
instrumental *meinū *meinobim *meinobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *meinā *meinai *meinās
vocative *meinā *meinai *meinās
accusative *meinam *meinai *meinans
genitive *meinās *meinous *meinom
dative *meinai *meinābom *meinābos
instrumental *? *meinābim *meinābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *meinom *meinou *meinā
vocative *meinom *meinou *meinā
accusative *meinom *meinou *meinā
genitive *meinī *meinous *meinom
dative *meinūi *meinobom *meinobos
instrumental *meinū *meinobim *meinobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *meinyūs *? *meinyoses
vocative *meinyūs *? *meinyoses
accusative *meinyosam *? *meinyosans
genitive *meinisos *? *meinisom
dative *meinisei *? *meinisbos
instrumental *meinisī *? *meinisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *meinyūs *? *meinyoses
vocative *meinyūs *? *meinyoses
accusative *meinyosam *? *meinyosans
genitive *meinisos *? *meinisom
dative *meinisei *? *meinisbos
instrumental *meinisī *? *meinisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *meinis *? *?
vocative *meinis *? *?
accusative *meinis *? *?
genitive *meinisos *? *meinisom
dative *meinisei *? *meinisbos
instrumental *meinisī *? *meinisbis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's assignment of this word's Brittonic descendants to *moinis (“benefit, treasure”), requiring him to presume a difficult semantic evolution "treasure" > "beautiful" > "gracile, thin",[2] is simply erroneous for phonetic (one would expect **mun across Brittonic) and semantic reasons.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *muɨn (“mild, gentle”)
    • Old Breton: moin (“delicate”)
      • Middle Breton: moen (“thin”)
    • Old Cornish: muin (“gracile”)
    • Middle Welsh: mwyn
      • Welsh: mwyn (“mild, gentle”)
  • Gaulish: *mēnos

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “minio-, meno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 227
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*moyni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 278-279
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