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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damnyos

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 Proto-Indo-European *dem- (to build (up)).[1]

Noun

*damnyos m[1]

  1. material, substance

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *damnyos *damnyou *damnyoi
vocative *damnye *damnyou *damnyūs
accusative *damnyom *damnyou *damnyoms
genitive *damnyī *damnyous *damnyom
dative *damnyūi *damnyobom *damnyobos
locative *damnyei *? *?
instrumental *damnyū *damnyobim *damnyūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dėβ̃nɨð (< *damniyo-)
    • Old Breton: daffnez
      • Middle Breton: danuez
        • Breton: danvez
    • Cornish: defnydh,[2] devnydh
    • Middle Welsh: devnydh
  • Old Irish: damnae

References

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “defnydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies:*dam-níi̯o-
  2. Williams, Robert (1865) “defnydh”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, London: Llandovery, Roderic, page 91
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