Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dwār
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr.
Noun
*dwār m
Declension
Originally an ablauting paradigm following the Proto-Indo-European ancestor:
- Accusative singular: *dworam (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwórm̥)
- Genitive singular: *duros (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰurós, *dʰurés)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dwār | *dwore | *dwores |
| vocative | *dwār | *dwore | *dwores |
| accusative | *dworam | *dwore | *dworans |
| genitive | *duros | *durou | *durom |
| dative | *durei | *durobom | *durobos |
| locative | *duri | — | — |
| instrumental | *dure? | *durobim | *durobis |
Derived terms
- *dworestus (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *dor (from Early Brythonic *dorā, generalized from the accusative *dworam)
- Gaulish: *durom (generalized from the genitive *duros)
- → Latin: Augustodurum
- → Latin: Nemetodurum
- French: Nanterre
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dworā, *duro-, *dworestu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 111–12