Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dowenis

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

Generally held as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”), literally meaning "mortal".^[1]

Noun

*dowenis m

human, person
Synonym: *gdonyos

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dowenis	*dowenī	*dowenīs
vocative	*doweni	*dowenī	*dowenīs
accusative	*dowenim	*dowenī	*dowenims
genitive	*doweneis	*dowenyow	*dowenyom
dative	*dowenei	*dowenibom	*dowenibos
locative	*dowenei	*?	*?
instrumental	*dowenī	*dowenibim	*dowenibis

Descendants

Old Irish: doíni (suppletive plural of duine)
- Irish: daoine
- Manx: deiney
- Scottish Gaelic: daoine
Middle Irish: dóen (poetic)

References

^ Schaffner, Stefan (2005) Untersuchungen zu ausgewählten Problemen der nominalen Morphologie und der Etymologie der altindogermanischen Sprachen (in German), Regensburg: University of Regensburg, page 65

[1] Schaffner, Stefan (2005) Untersuchungen zu ausgewählten Problemen der nominalen Morphologie und der Etymologie der altindogermanischen Sprachen (in German), Regensburg: University of Regensburg, page 65

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