Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damnāti

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

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to subdue, tame”).^[1]

Verb

*damnāti

to subdue, bind

Inflection

Nasal-infix athematic present with stem ablaut to an h₂-final root
Active voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*damnāmi	*damnamam	?	—
2nd singular	*damnāsi	*damnatās	?	—
3rd singular	*damnāti	*damnato	?	—
1st plural	*damnamosi	*damnamo	?	—
2nd plural	*damnatesi	*damnastē	?	—
3rd plural	*damnanti	*damnanto	?	—
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	?	—
2nd singular	?	?	*damnā
3rd singular	?	?	*damnātou
1st plural	?	?	*damnamos
2nd plural	?	?	*damnate
3rd plural	?	?	*damnantou
Passive voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*damnār	—	?	—
2nd singular	*damnātar	—	?	—
3rd singular	*damnātor	?	?	—
1st plural	*damnammor	—	?	—
2nd plural	*damnadwe	—	?	—
3rd plural	*damnantor	?	?	—
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	—	—
2nd singular	?	—	—
3rd singular	?	—	—
1st plural	?	—	—
2nd plural	?	—	—
3rd plural	?	—	—

Declension of the present participle
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*damnonts	*damnonte	*damnontes
vocative	*damnonts	*damnonte	*damnontes
accusative	*damnontam	*damnonte	*damnontans
genitive	*damnantos	*?	*damnantom
dative	*damnantei	*damnantbom	*damnantbos
instrumental	*damnantī?	*damnantbim	*damnantbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*damnantī	*damnantī	*damnantiyās
vocative	*damnantī	*damnantī	*damnantiyās
accusative	*damnantīm	*damnantī	*damnantiyans
genitive	*damnantyās	*?	*damnantyom
dative	*damnantyāi	*damnantyābom	*damnantyābos
instrumental	*?	*damnantyābim	*damnantyābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*damnont	*?	*damnonta
vocative	*damnont	*?	*damnonta
accusative	*damnont	*?	*damnonta
genitive	*damnantos	*?	*damnantom
dative	*damnantei	*?	*damnantbos
instrumental	*damnantī?	*?	*damnantbis

Related terms

*damos

Descendants

Old Irish: damnaid (“to subdue”)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dam-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 88

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dam-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 88

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