Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messus

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

Possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate, as Matasovic finds connections to Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”) and *meh₂d- (“to be wet”) unconvincing.

Noun

*messus m[1]

acorn, tree fruit

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: mes
  - Breton: mez
- Middle Cornish: mes
  - Cornish: mes
- Middle Welsh: mes
  - Welsh: mes
Old Irish: mess
- Middle Irish: mes, mess
  - Irish: meas
- Scottish Gaelic: meas
- Manx: mess

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

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[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*messu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268