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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/moltos
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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
Etymology
Unknown. Probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Or, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).[1][2]
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *moltos | *moltou | *moltoi |
| vocative | *molte | *moltou | *moltūs |
| accusative | *moltom | *moltou | *moltūs |
| genitive | *moltī | *moltous | *moltom |
| dative | *moltūi | *moltobom | *moltobos |
| instrumental | *moltū | *moltobim | *moltobis |
Descendants
References
- “Proto-Celtic/moltos” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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