Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dwau

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 earlier *dwāw (with regular shortening of long diphthongs), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

**Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dwau Ordinal* : *alyos

*dwau

two

Descendants

Brythonic: *dọw
- Breton: daou
- Cornish: dew
- Welsh: dau
Old Irish: dá
- Irish: dhá
- Manx: daa
- Scottish Gaelic: dà, dhà

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