Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dusyos
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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]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe”).[1][2] The suffix may be *-yós (adjectival suffix).
Noun
[edit]*dusyos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dusyos | *dusyou | *dusyoi |
| vocative | *dusye | *dusyou | *dusyoi |
| accusative | *dusyom | *dusyou | *dusyons |
| genitive | *dusyī | *dusyous | *dusyom |
| dative | *dusyūi | *dusyobom | *dusyobos |
| locative | *dusyei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *dusyū | *dusyobim | *dusyūis |
Reconstruction
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: (with major taboo deformations)
- Middle Irish: dóe (“human”) (poetic)
- Gaulish: dusios (“type of demon”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dwosyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “dusios”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 158
- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 486