Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dēwos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Noun
*dēwos m
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dēwos | *dēwou | *dēwoi |
| vocative | *dēwe | *dēwou | *dēwūs |
| accusative | *dēwom | *dēwou | *dēwoms |
| genitive | *dēwī | *dēwous | *dēwom |
| dative | *dēwūi | *dēwobom | *dēwobos |
| locative | *dēwei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *dēwū | *dēwobim | *dēwūis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *duɨw
- Hispano-Celtic:
- Celtiberian: Teiuoreikis, Deobriga
- → Galician: Deva (river name)
- Gaulish: Deuognata, teuoxtonio-, Dēuos, Dēwos, Dēvona
- Old Irish: día
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96