Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dū

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

Alternative forms

*do

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *de, *do.^[1]

Preposition

*dū^[2]

to, towards
for

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *di
- Breton: da
- Cornish: dhe
- Old Welsh: di
  - Middle Welsh: y (“to, for”)
    - Welsh: i (“to, for”)
Old Irish: do
- Irish: do
- Scottish Gaelic: do
- Manx: da
Celtiberian: du

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*do”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 125

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*do”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 125

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