Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mlastos

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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; possibly cognate Czech mlsati (to lick), Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, to suck), Polish pomłoski (tidbit), presuming a Proto-Indo-European *mels- root, however, the expected outcome of *ml̥s-tó-s would be *malstos, requiring liquid metathesis, or, perhaps, a special rule, to arrive at *mlastos.

Noun

*mlastos m

  1. taste

Alternative reconstructions

  • *mlastā f, *mlastom n

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *blas m
    • Middle Breton: blas, blaz
      • Breton: blas (taste, tastiness; (bad) smell)
    • Middle Cornish: blas
    • Middle Welsh: blas
      • Welsh: blas (taste, flavor)
  • Old Irish: mlas ? (taste)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mels-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 725:*mlasto
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 410
  3. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 498
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mlasto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
  5. 5.0 5.1 Koch, John (2004) “*mlastā-, *mlasto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 352