Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damniyom

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *dem- (“to build (up)”).^[1]^[2] Schrijver specifies a by-form *dm-nóm (“building material”), with another suffix added; this suffix could be cognate to Latin -eus, which forms material adjectives.

Noun

*damniyom n^[1]^[3]

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*damnyom	*damnyou	*damnyā
vocative	*damnyom	*damnyou	*damnyā
accusative	*damnyom	*damnyou	*damnyā
genitive	*damnyī	*damnyous	*damnyom
dative	*damnyūi	*damnyobom	*damnyobos
locative	*damnyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*damnyū	*damnyobim	*damnyūis

Alternative reconstructions

*damneyom^[2]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *dėβ̃nɨð sg, *daβ̃neð pl
- Middle Breton: daffnez, danfuez (from the plural)
  - Breton: danvez
- Cornish: defnydh,^[4] devnydh
- Middle Welsh: defnyd
  - Welsh: defnydd
Old Irish: damnae
- Middle Irish: damna
  - Irish: damhna
  - Scottish Gaelic: damhna

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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-”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 287
^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎, Zagreb, page 10
^ Williams, Robert (1865) “defnydh”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall‎, London: Llandovery, Roderic, page 91

[GPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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-”

[S-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 287

[3] Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎, Zagreb, page 10

[4] 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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