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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dallos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwl̥no-, from *dʰwolno (“to dim, make obscure”).[1] See also Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (“stunned, confused”).
Adjective
*dallos
- blind
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dallos | *dallou | *dalloi |
| vocative | *dalle | *dallou | *dallūs |
| accusative | *dallom | *dallou | *dalloms |
| genitive | *dallī | *dallous | *dallom |
| dative | *dallūi | *dallobom | *dallobos |
| instrumental | *dallū | *dallobim | *dallobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dallā | *dallai | *dallās |
| vocative | *dallā | *dallai | *dallās |
| accusative | *dallam | *dallai | *dallams |
| genitive | *dallās | *dallous | *dallom |
| dative | *dallai | *dallābom | *dallābos |
| instrumental | *? | *dallābim | *dallābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dallom | *dallou | *dallā |
| vocative | *dallom | *dallou | *dallā |
| accusative | *dallom | *dallou | *dallā |
| genitive | *dallī | *dallous | *dallom |
| dative | *dallūi | *dallobom | *dallobos |
| instrumental | *dallū | *dallobim | *dallobis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *dall
- Old Breton: dall
- Middle Breton: dall
- Breton: dall
- Middle Breton: dall
- Old Cornish: dal
- Cornish: dall
- Middle Welsh: dall
- Welsh: dall
- Old Breton: dall
- Old Irish: dall
- Irish: dall
- Scottish Gaelic: dall
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “dallo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-88