Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messus

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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

Possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate, as Matasovic finds connections to Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”) and *meh₂d- (“to be wet”) unconvincing.

Noun

*messus m

  1. acorn, tree fruit

Declension

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: mes
    • Middle Cornish: mes
    • Middle Welsh: mes
  • Old Irish: mess

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
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