Cognate Set 910 – Meaning: mountain

IE-CoR reference form:
*men-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Italic and Celtic lexemes derived from PIE *men- 'to rise, stick up' (de Vaan 2008:388, Deshayes 2003:502, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (GPC), cf. LIV² 437).
Found in clades:
Celtic, Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 29 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
141   Catalan muntanya mun̪ˈtaɲə munˈtaɲə
136   French montagne mɔ̃taɲ mɔ̃taɲ
129   Italian montagna monˈtaɲɲa, ˈmonte monˈtaɲɲa, ˈmonte
144   Portuguese montanha mõˈtɐɲɐ mõˈtɐɲɐ
134   Sardinian: Logudoro muntagna munˈtaɲɲa munˈtaɲɲa
133   Sardinian: Nuoro monte ˈmontɛ ˈmontɛ
143   Spanish montaña mɔnˈtaɲa monˈtaɲa
137   Walloon montagne mõˈtaɲ mõˈtaɲ
124   Latin mōns moːns moːns gen. montis
130   Friulian mont ˈmɔnt ˈmɔnt
154   Old Breton monid
155   Middle Breton menez ˈmeːneð
125   Romanian munte ˈmunte ˈmunte
128   Neapolitan muntagna munˈtaɲɲə munˈtaɲɲə
135   Anglo-Norman munt
139   Franco-Provençal man ˈmɒ̃ ˈmɔ̃
142   Old Spanish monte, montanna ˈmonte, monˈtaɲa
157   Breton: Treger meneż ˈmẽːne ˈmẽne
156   Breton: Gwened maneż mɑ̃ːne
151   Welsh: North mynydd ˈmənɨð ˈmənɨð
150   Middle Welsh mynyd mənɨð
149   Old Welsh minid mənɨð LL: 78
138   Old Occitan mountagna
126   Megleno-Romanian múnti
140   Old Catalan muntanya munˈtaɲə munˈtaɲə Also mont , munt in older texts (mon, mun)
152   Middle Cornish meneth ˈmenəː, ˈmenə
153   Late Cornish meneth, menneth, mener ˈmenəθ, ˈmenər
145   Portuguese: Brazilian montanha
132   Milanese muntagna munˈtaŋa
References
  • 236:
    S.v. W mynydd 'mountain, large hill', from *monijo-, derived from IE *men- 'stretch out'.
  • Deshayes, Albert: 502
    S.v. Bret. menez 'mont, montagne', from Old Breton monid 'montagne' corresponding to Co. meneth, W mynydd, and ScG. monadh from Proto-Celtic *mon-iyo-.
  • Rix, Helmut: 437
    Cf. s.v. ?3.*men- 'emporragen' (IEW 726); verbal only Italic via *mn̥-h₁i̯é- > [Lat. ē-/prō-minēre 'heraus-/hervorragen'].
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 388
    S.v. Lat. mōns, -tis 'mountain', from Proto-Italic *monti- < PIE *mon-ti- 'protrusion, height', (cf. W. mynydd OCo. menit, OBret. monid 'mountain' < *mon-io-; Av. maiti- 'mountain, height' from zero-grade *mn-ti-; OIc. mønir 'ridge of a roof' < *mōni-, mœna 'to tower').