Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mlastos

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,[1] however, the expected outcome of *ml̥s-tó-s would be *malstos, requiring liquid metathesis, or, perhaps, a special rule, to arrive at *mlastos.[2][3][4] Has been compared to Sanskrit मृ॒ष्ट (mṛṣṭá) in the sense of "sweet, pleasant".[5]

Noun

*mlastos m[1][4][6]

  1. taste

Alternative reconstructions

  • *mlastā f, *mlastom n[6]

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 [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 725: “*mlasto”
  2. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: 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. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “mṛṣṭáḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 678
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Koch, John (2004), “*mlastā-, *mlasto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 352
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