Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/maginos

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

Noun

*maginos m

stone
place

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*maginos	*maginou	*maginoi
vocative	*magine	*maginou	*maginūs
accusative	*maginom	*maginou	*maginoms
genitive	*maginī	*maginous	*maginom
dative	*maginūi	*maginobom	*maginobos
locative	*maginei	*?	*?
instrumental	*maginū	*maginobim	*maginūis

Descendants

Brythonic: *maɣɨn
- Old Breton: main
  - Middle Breton: main, maen, men
    - Breton: maen
      - ⇒ Breton: maen-hir
        → French: menhir
- Cornish: men
- Middle Welsh: maen
  - Welsh: maen
Old Irish: magen

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN