Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mezgos

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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

Unknown; claimed to be from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos (marrow),[1], though this seems semantically difficult. A connection to Old Norse mysa (whey), Sanskrit आमिक्षा (āmikṣā, cottage cheese, cream), from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- (to mix)[2] also seems unlikely[3].

Noun

*mezgos m[1][3][4]

  1. whey

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mezgos *mezgou *mezgoi
vocative *mezge *mezgou *mezgoi
accusative *mezgom *mezgou *mezgoms
genitive *mezgī *mezgous *mezgom
dative *mezgūi *mezgobom *mezgobos
locative *mezgei *? *?
instrumental *mezgū *mezgobim *mezgūis

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mezgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 270
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mei-k̑-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 714
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 376
  4. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*mesgā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 388
  5. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, pages mesgos–226
  6. ^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 25