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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damnyos

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 *dóm-né-os, from *dem- (“to build (up)”).[1]

Noun

*damnyos m [1]

  1. material, substance

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *damnyos *damnyou *damnyoi
vocative *damnye *damnyou *damnyūs
accusative *damnyom *damnyou *damnyūs
genitive *damnyī *damnyous *damnyom
dative *damnyūi *damnyobom *damnyobos
instrumental *damnyū *damnyobim *damnyobis

Descendants
  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: daffnez
      • Middle Breton: danuez
        • Breton: danvez
    • Cornish: defnydh[2], defnyth
    • Welsh: devnydh, defnydd
  • Old Irish: damnae
    • Irish: damhna

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “defnydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*dam-níi̯o-”
  2. Williams, Robert (1865), “defnydh”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, London: Llandovery, Roderic, page 91
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