Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dantos

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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

A derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dem- (to build).[1][2]

Noun

*dantos m

  1. manner, disposition

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dantos *dantou *dantoi
vocative *dante *dantou *dantoi
accusative *dantom *dantou *dantoms
genitive *dantī *dantous *dantom
dative *dantūi *dantobom *dantobos
locative *dantei *? *?
instrumental *dantū *dantobim *dantūis

Reconstruction notes

On principle, it is also possible to reconstruct a u-stem *dantus.[1]

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dant
    • Middle Welsh: deint (manners, pl.)
  • Middle Irish: dét

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) “Mir. dét 3”, in Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 265
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Alexander (2010) “Indo-European *dem(h₂)- 'to build' and its derivatives”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, volume 123, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 56–96