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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown. Multiple theories exist.
- Pokorny derived this from *melh₂- (“to crush”), the semantic distance resolvable under the assumption that castration was done with a crushing method.
- Matasović, unsatisfied with previous theories, assumes a borrowing from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Noun
*moltos m
- ram, wether
Declension
Masculine o-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*moltos
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*moltou
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*moltoi
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| vocative
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*molte
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*moltou
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*moltoi
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| accusative
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*moltom
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*moltou
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*moltons
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| genitive
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*moltī
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*moltous
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*moltom
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| dative
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*moltūi
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*moltobom
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*moltobos
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| locative
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*moltei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*moltū
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*moltobim
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*moltūis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 245
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*molto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 275
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