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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dawnā

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 *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, offer”), or less probably *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).

Noun

*dawnā f[1]

  1. poem, chant, melody

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dawnā *dawnai *dawnās
vocative *dawnā *dawnai *dawnās
accusative *dawnam *dawnai *dawnāms
genitive *dawnās *dawnous *dawnom
dative *dawnāi *dawnābom *dawnābos
locative *dawnai *? *?
instrumental *? *dawnābim *dawnābis

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: dúan (“song, melody”)
    • Irish: duan
    • Scottish Gaelic: duan (“poem”)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dawnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
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