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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dūnom

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

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós (“lasting, durable”), from *dewh₂- (“to last”) +‎ *-nós,[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHno-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”).[2]

Noun

*dūnom n

  1. stronghold, rampart

Declension
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dūnom *dūnou *dūnā
vocative *dūnom *dūnou *dūnā
accusative *dūnom *dūnou *dūnā
genitive *dūnī *dūnous *dūnom
dative *dūnūi *dūnobom *dūnobos
locative *dūnei *? *?
instrumental *dūnū *dūnobim *dūnūis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *din
    • Old Breton: din
    • Cornish: din
    • Old Welsh: din
  • Old Irish: dún
  • Gaulish: dūnon
  • → Proto-Germanic: *tūną (“enclosure”) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Slavic: *tynъ (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Germanic: *dūnǭ (“sandhill, dune”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 203
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “dūno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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