Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dauyeti

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 *deh₂w- (“kindle, burn”) (compare Tocharian A twās, Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō)).

Verb

*dauyeti

1. to kindle, burn

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: deuu
    • Middle Breton: devo
      • Breton: deviñ
  • Cornish: dewi
  • Middle Welsh: deifyaw
    • Welsh: deifio
• Old Irish: dóïd
  • Middle Irish: dóigid
    • Irish: dóigh
    • Scottish Gaelic: dòth
    • Manx: daah