Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mratom

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

Matasović suggests that the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *mṛHtó-, itself formed from the root of *marnati + *-tós. According to Matasović, the term could have followed a development from *mṛHtó- to *mrāto-, before eventually shifting into the form *mrato- via Dybo's law.[1][2]

Noun

*mratom n

  1. deceit, betrayal, treachery

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mratom *mratou *mratā
vocative *mratom *mratou *mratā
accusative *mratom *mratou *mratā
genitive *mratī *mratous *mratom
dative *mratūi *mratobom *mratobos
locative *mratei *? *?
instrumental *mratū *mratobim *mratūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *brad
    • Old Breton: brat
    • Middle Cornish: bras
    • Middle Welsh: brat, brad
  • Old Irish: mrath

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mrato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 279-280
  2. ^ Ranko Matasović (29 November 2012), “Dybo's law in Proto-celtic”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie‎[1], volume 59, number 1, →DOI, page 3
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