Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mene

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 *h₁mene, genitive of *éǵh₂. Direct cognates include Proto-Slavic *mene.

Pronoun

*mene[1][2]

  1. genitive singular of *mī: my

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

Some descendants show a reshaping of the pronoun to *mowe by analogy to *towe (“your”).

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mɨn, *mow
    • Breton: ma
    • Cornish: ma
    • Old Welsh: mi
  • Old Irish: mo, muí
    • Irish: mo
    • Scottish Gaelic: mo
    • Manx: my (“my”)

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 333.
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 190
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “fy”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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