Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mlātos

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 Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-tó-s, from *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”) +‎ *-tós.

Noun

*mlātos m[1][2]

flour

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mlātos	*mlātou	*mlātoi
vocative	*mlāte	*mlātou	*mlātūs
accusative	*mlātom	*mlātou	*mlātoms
genitive	*mlātī	*mlātous	*mlātom
dative	*mlātūi	*mlātobom	*mlātobos
locative	*mlātei	*?	*?
instrumental	*mlātū	*mlātobim	*mlātūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *blọd
- Old Breton: blot
  - Breton: bleud
- Old Cornish: blot
- Old Welsh: blawd
  - Welsh: blawd
Gaulish: *blatos[2]

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mlāto/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 273-274
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “blato-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 77

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mlāto/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 273-274

[Delamarre-2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “blato-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 77