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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damnyos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build (up)”).[1]
Noun
*damnyos m[1]
- material, substance
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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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
- Middle Breton: danuez
- Cornish: defnydh[2], devnydh
- Middle Welsh: devnydh
- Welsh: defnydd
- Old Breton: daffnez
- Old Irish: damnae
- Irish: damhna
- Scottish Gaelic: damhna
References
- 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-”
- Williams, Robert (1865), “defnydh”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, London: Llandovery, Roderic, page 91