Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/moniyos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). Cognate with Latin mons and Old Norse mœnir.

Noun

*moniyos m [1]

mountain

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*moniyos	*moniyou	*moniyoi
vocative	*moniye	*moniyou	*moniyūs
accusative	*moniyom	*moniyou	*moniyūs
genitive	*moniyī	*moniyous	*moniyom
dative	*moniyūi	*moniyobom	*moniyobos
instrumental	*moniyū	*moniyobim	*moniyobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *mönɨð (“mountain”)
- Old Breton: monid
  - Breton: menez
- Old Cornish: menit
- Middle Welsh: mynyð
  - Welsh: mynydd
  - → Middle Irish: moned, monad (found only in Scottish toponyms)
    - Scottish Gaelic: monadh

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*moniyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 277

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[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*moniyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 277