Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/molos

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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 *molh₂ós (Uhlich does not note the laryngeal)[1] from *melh₂- (“to grind”) +‎ *-ós (agent suffix).

Noun

*molos m

  1. grinder

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *molos *molou *moloi
vocative *mole *molou *moloi
accusative *molom *molou *molons
genitive *molī *molous *molom
dative *molūi *molobom *molobos
locative *molei *? *?
instrumental *molū *molobim *molūis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: mol (“axle for a mill-wheel”)
    • Irish: mol (“hub, shaft”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: mul (“axis, axle-tree”)

References

  1. ^ Uhlich, Jurgen (2002) “Verbal governing compounds (synthetics) in Early Irish and other Celtic languages”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 100, number 3, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, page 416
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