Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dūnom

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).

Noun

*dūnom n

stronghold, rampart

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dūnom	*dūnou	*dūnā
vocative	*dūnom	*dūnou	*dūnā
accusative	*dūnom	*dūnou	*dūnā
genitive	*dūnī	*dūnous	*dūnom
dative	*dūnūi	*dūnobom	*dūnobos
instrumental	*dūnū	*dūnobim	*dūnobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *din
- Old Breton: din
  - Breton: din
- Cornish: din
- Middle Welsh: din
  - Welsh: din
Old Irish: dún
- Irish: dún
- Manx: doon
- Scottish Gaelic: dùn
Gaulish: dunon, *dūnon
- → Germanic: *dūnǭ, *dūnaz (“sandhill, dune”) (possibly) (see there for further descendants)
- → Germanic: *tūną (“enclosure”) (see there for further descendants)

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