Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/durnos

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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

Probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Pokorny, however, compares Latvian dūre (fist).[1]

Noun

*durnos m[2]

  1. fist

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *durnos *durnou *durnoi
vocative *durne *durnou *durnoi
accusative *durnom *durnou *durnoms
genitive *durnī *durnous *durnom
dative *durnūi *durnobom *durnobos
locative *durnei *? *?
instrumental *durnū *durnobim *durnūis

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “207”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 207
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*durno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 108-09