Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/makʷos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 (with hypocoristic gemination)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱwos, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, grow”). Cognate with Latin macer (“lean, thin”), Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long, tall”), Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈma.kʷos/

Noun

*makʷos m

son

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*makʷos	*makʷou	*makʷoi
vocative	*makʷe	*makʷou	*makūs
accusative	*makʷom	*makʷou	*makūs
genitive	*makʷī	*makʷous	*makʷom
dative	*makūi	*makʷobom	*makʷobos
instrumental	*makū	*makʷobim	*makʷobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *mab
- Old Breton: map, mab
  - Middle Breton: mab
    - Breton: mab
- Old Cornish: mab, map
  - Cornish: mab
- Old Welsh: map
  - Middle Welsh: map
    - Welsh: mab
Gaulish: mapos

From *makʷkʷos with hypocoristic gemination:

Primitive Irish: ᚋᚐᚊᚔ (maqi, genitive), ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi), ᚋᚐᚊ (maq), ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚔ (macci)
- Old Irish: macc
  - Irish: mac
  - Manx: mac
  - Scottish Gaelic: mac

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