Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dọβ̃

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dāmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dōm-o-s (“belonging to the house”), a vṛddhi derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dom-o-s, thematized form of *dṓm (“house, home”).^[1]^[2]

The meaning of "client" is attested only in Old Welsh, but this sense is likely to be inherited based on the Old Irish cognate dám (“company, retinue”).

Noun

*dọβ̃ m

Descendants

Middle Breton: deuff
- Breton: deuñv
Old Cornish: dof
- Middle Cornish: def, duf
Old Welsh: dauu, daum
- Middle Welsh: daw

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dāmo/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88-89
^ McCone, Kim (1992) “Varia I: The Etymology of Old Irish Déis 'client(s)'”, in Ériu, page 194

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “daw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dāmo/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88-89

[2] McCone, Kim (1992) “Varia I: The Etymology of Old Irish Déis 'client(s)'”, in Ériu, page 194

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