{"id":9296,"date":"2026-08-25T17:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=9296"},"modified":"2026-08-25T17:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:17:55","slug":"my-myself-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2026\/08\/25\/my-myself-i\/","title":{"rendered":"My, Myself & I"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post we’re looking at words for me<\/strong>, myself<\/strong>, I<\/strong> and related pronouns in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n

\"My,<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*m\u012b<\/strong> = I, me
\n*me<\/strong> = me
\n*mene<\/strong> = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\nmi<\/strong> = I
\nme<\/strong> = me
\nmon<\/strong> = my
\nmoi<\/strong> = to me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nm\u00e9<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u02b2e\u02d0] = I, me
\nmesse<\/strong> = I, me (emphatic)
\nmo<\/strong> = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\nm\u00e9<\/strong> = I, me
\nmes(s)e, meisse, mis(s)e<\/strong> = I, me (emphatic)
\nmo, mu<\/strong> = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nm\u00e9<\/strong> [m\u02b2e\u02d0 \/ m\u02b2\u0259] = I, me
\nmise<\/strong>[\u02c8m\u02b2i\u0283\u0259] = I, me (emphatic)
\nm\u00e9 f\u00e9in<\/strong> = myself
\nmo, m’<\/strong> = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nmi<\/strong> [mi] = I
\nmise<\/strong> [\u02c8mi\u0283\u0259] = I (emphatic)
\nmi fh\u00ecn<\/strong> = myself
\nmo<\/strong> [m\u0259] = my, mine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nmee<\/strong> [mi\u02d0] = I, me
\nmish<\/strong> [mi\u0283] = I, me, myself (emphatic)
\nmee hene<\/strong> = myself
\nmy<\/strong> = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*mi<\/strong> = I, me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Welsh (Kembraec)<\/th>\nmi<\/strong> = I, me
\nvi<\/strong> = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nmi, my, vi, i<\/strong> = I, me
\nminnev, minheu, minne, vinneu, finne, ynnev, inheu, ynneu, inneu<\/strong> = I (me) too, I (me) too, even I (me)
\nmyhun<\/strong> [v\u0259] = myself
\nvy, my, vym, veu<\/strong> = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nmi, fi, i<\/strong> [mi, vi\u02d0, i\u02d0] = I, me
\nminnau, finnau, innau<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u026ana(i\u032f) \/ \u02c8v\u026ana(i\u032f), ina(i\u032f)] = I, me (emphatic), I (me) also, I (me) too, even I (me), I (me) on the other hand, I (me) for my part
\nfy hun(an), my hun(an)<\/strong> [v\u0259 h\u0268\u02d0n(an) \/ m\u0259 hi\u02d0n(an)] = myself
\nfy (… fi)<\/strong> [v\u0259 vi\u02d0] = my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Cornish<\/th>\nmi<\/strong> = I, me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec \/ Kernuak)<\/th>\nmi, my, me, vy<\/strong> = I, me
\nma, mv<\/strong> = my, mine
\now honan, ow honyn<\/strong> = myself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nmy, me, vy<\/strong> = I, me
\nevy<\/strong> = I, me (emphatic)
\nma<\/strong> = my
\now honan, ow honen<\/strong> = myself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\nti, te<\/strong> = I, me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\nme<\/strong> = I, me
\nma<\/strong> = my
\nmahunan, ma hunan<\/strong> = myself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nme<\/strong> [me\u02d0] = I, me
\nma, va, ‘m<\/strong> = my
\nma-unan, va-unan<\/strong> = myself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from PIE *me<\/em> (me), the accusative form of \u00e9\u01f5h\u2082<\/em> (I) [source<\/a>]. Many words for I, me, my and myself in other Indo-European languages come from the same roots, as does the English word ego<\/strong> [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, English – ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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In this post we’re looking at words for me, myself, I and related pronouns in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *m\u012b = I, me *me = me *mene = my Gaulish mi = I me = me mon = my moi = to me Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) m\u00e9 [\u02c8m\u02b2e\u02d0] = […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,25,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,8,9,10,40,447,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-pronouns","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9296"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9301,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions\/9301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}