Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dowsants

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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

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Etymology

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From *dows +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (arm). Cognate with Sanskrit दोस् (dos, arm), Proto-Slavic *pazduxa (bosom, armpit).[1]

Noun

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*dowsants f[1]

  1. arm, hand

Declension

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Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dowsants *dowsante *dowsantes
vocative *dowsants *dowsante *dowsantes
accusative *dowsantam *dowsante *dowsantams
genitive *dowsantos *dowsantou *dowsantom
dative *dowsantei *dowsantobom *dowsantobos
locative *dowsanti
instrumental *dowsante? *dowsantobim *dowsantobis

Descendants

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  • Old Irish: doe, doé
    • Middle Irish: dóit

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dowsant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103