Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/moinis

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 *moynis (compare Latin mūnis (“obliging”), Old English mǣne (“common”)), from *mey- (“to change”).

Noun

*moinis f

1. treasure, precious object

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*moynis	*moynī	*moynīs
vocative	*moyni	*moynī	*moynīs
accusative	*moynim	*moynī	*moynims
genitive	*moyneis	*moynyow	*moynyom
dative	*moynei	*moynibom	*moynibos
locative	*moynei	*?	*?
instrumental	*moynī	*moynibim	*moynibis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *muɨn
  • Old Breton: moin (“delicate”)
    • Middle Breton: moen (“thin”)
      • Breton: moan
  • Old Cornish: muin (“gracile”)
  • Old Welsh: muin (“worth, value”)
    • Middle Welsh: mwyn
      • Welsh: mwyn
• Old Irish: moín (“gift, benefit”)
  • Irish: maoin
  • Scottish Gaelic: maoin

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 278