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

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

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