Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dworestus

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

From *dwor-es- (extended stem of *dwār) + *-tus.

Noun

*dworestus m

1. door

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dworestus	*dworestū	*dworestowes
vocative	*dworestu	*dworestū	*dworestūs
accusative	*dworestum	*dworestū	*dworestums
genitive	*dworestous	*dworestous	*dworestowom
dative	*dworestou	*dworestubom	*dworestubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*dworestū	*dworestubim	*dworestubis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *drus
  • Old Welsh: drus
    • Middle Welsh: drws
      • Welsh: drws
  • Old Cornish: darat
    • Middle Cornish: daras
      • Cornish: daras
• Old Irish: dorus
  • Middle Irish: dorus
    • Irish: doras
    • Manx: dorrys
    • Scottish Gaelic: dorus, doras

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dworā, *duro-, *dworestu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 111–12