Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mīlom

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”). Compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”).

Noun

*mīlom n

animal

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mīlom	*mīlou	*mīlā
vocative	*mīlom	*mīlou	*mīlā
accusative	*mīlom	*mīlou	*mīlā
genitive	*mīlī	*mīlous	*mīlom
dative	*mīlūi	*mīlobom	*mīlobos
instrumental	*mīlū	*mīlobim	*mīlobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *mil
- Middle Breton: mil
  - Breton: mil
- Cornish: myl
- Middle Welsh: mil
  - Welsh: mil
Old Irish: míl
- Irish: míol
- Manx: meeyl
- Scottish Gaelic: mial