Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/durnos
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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]Probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Pokorny, however, compares Latvian dūre (“fist”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*durnos m[2]
Declension
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *durnos | *durnou | *durnoi |
| vocative | *durne | *durnou | *durnoi |
| accusative | *durnom | *durnou | *durnons |
| genitive | *durnī | *durnous | *durnom |
| dative | *durnūi | *durnobom | *durnobos |
| locative | *durnei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *durnū | *durnobim | *durnūis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *durn
- Old Irish: dorn
- Gaulish: Dago-durnus (placename)
- → Latin: Durnovaria (?)
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “207”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 207
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*durno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 108-09