Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mogus
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with the formally identical Proto-Germanic *maguz (“boy; servant”), apparently via Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (“young person; boy-servant?”). Compare also Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬖𐬀𐬬𐬀 (maγava, “unmarried”). Matasović notes that the /a/-vocalism of Gaulish Magu- is unexplained.[1]
Noun
[edit]*mogus m[1]
Declension
[edit]Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *mogus | *mogū | *mogowes |
vocative | *mogu | *mogū | *mogūs |
accusative | *mogum | *mogū | *mogums |
genitive | *mogous | *mogous | *mogowom |
dative | *mogou | *mogubom | *mogubos |
locative | *? | *? | *? |
instrumental | *mogū | *mogubim | *mogubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Gaulish: *mogus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Mogurīx ~ *Magurīx
- → Latin: Magurix
- ⇒? Gaulish: Moguntia (alternatively from *mogonts)
- → Latin: Maguntia
- →⇒ Latin: Mogontiacum (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Mogurīx ~ *Magurīx
- Old Irish: mug (“male servant, serf, bondman”)
- Irish: mogh