Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dwīnowVts

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

Two possibilities exist:

• According to Schumacher, from a compound Proto-Indo-European *dw-iHno-wet-s from the root of *dwóh₁ (“two”) and the root *wet- (“year”) meaning "two-year-old".
• Alternatively, if *dīnunts is reconstructed instead, it can be related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”), whence also *dinīti (“to suckle”).

Noun

*dwīnowVts m

1. yearling

Inflection

For the Irish variant *dwīnowūts:

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dwīnowūts	*dwīnowote	*dwīnowotes
vocative	*dwīnowūts	*dwīnowote	*dwīnowotes
accusative	*dwīnowotam	*dwīnowote	*dwīnowotams
genitive	*dwīnowotos	*dwīnowotou	*dwīnowotom
dative	*dwīnowotei	*dwīnowotobom	*dwīnowotobos
locative	*dwīnowoti	—	—
instrumental	*dwīnowote?	*dwīnowotobim	*dwīnowotobis

For the Brittonic variant *dwīnowets:

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dwīnowets	*dwīnowete	*dwīnowetes
vocative	*dwīnowets	*dwīnowete	*dwīnowetes
accusative	*dwīnowetam	*dwīnowete	*dwīnowetams
genitive	*dwīnowetos	*dwīnowetou	*dwīnowetom
dative	*dwīnowetei	*dwīnowetobom	*dwīnowetobos
locative	*dwīnoweti	—	—
instrumental	*dwīnowete?	*dwīnowetobim	*dwīnowetobis

Alternative reconstructions

• *dīnunts
• *dīnonts

Descendants

The ablaut in the second element is inconsistent between Irish and Brittonic.

• Brittonic:
  • Old Cornish: deneuoit
  • Middle Welsh: dynauet, dynaguet, dinavet, dinawet, dinewyt
    • Welsh: dyniawed, dynawed, dyniewed
• Old Irish: dínu