Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damniyom
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build (up)”).[1][2] Schrijver specifies a by-form *dm-nóm (“building material”), with another suffix added; this suffix could be cognate to Latin -eus, which forms material adjectives.
Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *damnyom | *damnyou | *damnyā |
| vocative | *damnyom | *damnyou | *damnyā |
| accusative | *damnyom | *damnyou | *damnyā |
| genitive | *damnyī | *damnyous | *damnyom |
| dative | *damnyūi | *damnyobom | *damnyobos |
| locative | *damnyei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *damnyū | *damnyobim | *damnyūis |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “defnydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*dam-níi̯o-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 287
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović[1], Zagreb, page 10
- ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “defnydh”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall[2], London: Llandovery, Roderic, page 91