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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mammā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
A baby talk word, similar to Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).
Noun
*mammā f[1]
- mother, nanny, mum
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mammā | *mammai | *mammās |
| vocative | *mammā | *mammai | *mammās |
| accusative | *mammam | *mammai | *mammāms |
| genitive | *mammās | *mammous | *mammom |
| dative | *mammāi | *mammābom | *mammābos |
| locative | *mammai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *mammābim | *mammābis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *mamm
- Middle Breton: mamm
- Breton: mamm
- Old Cornish: mam
- Middle Cornish: mam
- Cornish: mamm
- Middle Cornish: mam
- Middle Welsh: mam
- Welsh: mam
- Middle Breton: mamm
- Old Irish: muimme
- Irish: muime, buime
- Manx: mimmey
- Scottish Gaelic: muime
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mamm(y)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 255