Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lemomlixtus

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

From *lemos (“soft”) +‎ *mlixtus (“milk”). The first nasal in this compound was deleted as a dissimilation.[1]

James's reconstruction *lemo-laxto-[2] is wrong, because one would expect **llefraith in Welsh, not the actually existing llefrith.

Noun

*lemomlixtus m

  1. fresh milk

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lemomlixtus — —
vocative *lemomlixtu — —
accusative *lemomlixtum — —
genitive *lemomlixtous — —
dative *lemomlixtou — —
locative *? — —
instrumental *lemomlixtū — —

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llɨβ̃riθ
    • Middle Breton: lyrffryz
      • Breton: livrizh
    • Old Cornish: leuerid
      • Cornish: levrith
    • Middle Welsh: llefrith
  • Old Irish: lemlacht, lemnacht

References

  1. ^ Graves, Eugene Van Tassel (1962), The Old Cornish Vocabulary, Columbia University, pages 375-376
  2. ^ James, Alan G. (2020), The Brittonic Language in the Old North - A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence‎[1], volume 2, The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, page 179
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