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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/makʷos

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

Alternative forms
  • *makʷkʷos[1] (with secondary gemination)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱwos, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, grow”). Compare Latin macer (“lean, thin”), Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long, tall”), Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”).[1]

Noun

*makʷos m[1]

  1. son

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *makʷos *makʷou *makʷoi
vocative *makʷe *makʷou *makūs
accusative *makʷom *makʷou *makoms
genitive *makʷī *makʷous *makʷom
dative *makūi *makʷobom *makʷobos
locative *makʷei *? *?
instrumental *makū *makʷobim *makʷūis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *mab
    • Old Breton: map, mab
    • Old Cornish: mab, map
    • Old Welsh: map
  • Gaulish: mapos

From *makʷkʷos with secondary gemination:

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*makʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
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