Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mlixtus

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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 *mligeti (“to milk”) +‎ *-tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

*mlixtus m

  1. milking, milk yield

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mlixtus *mlixtū *mlixtowes
vocative *mlixtu *mlixtū *mlixtūs
accusative *mlixtum *mlixtū *mlixtums
genitive *mlixtous *mlixtous *mlixtowom
dative *mlixtou *mlixtubom *mlixtubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *mlixtū *mlixtubim *mlixtubis

Reconstruction notes

  • Matasović's reconstruction of *mlixtos as being the root of all noun and adjective senses of Middle Irish blicht and Middle Welsh blith[1] is erroneous, since the past participle should yield Old Irish mlecht, Middle Irish blecht instead of the mlicht and blicht actually encountered.
  • Due to the lack of vowel lowering in Goidelic, two separate words, an adjective *mlixtis and a noun *mlixtus, must be recontructed.[2]

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bliθ
  • Middle Irish: blicht (“milk yield”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mlixto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 210
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