Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gdonyos

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰom-yo-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (earth).[1]

Noun

*gdonyos m

  1. person

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gdonyos *gdonyou *gdonyoi
vocative *gdonye *gdonyou *gdonyoi
accusative *gdonyom *gdonyou *gdonyoms
genitive *gdonyī *gdonyous *gdonyom
dative *gdonyūi *gdonyobom *gdonyobos
locative *gdonyei *? *?
instrumental *gdonyū *gdonyobim *gdonyūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dün
    • Old Breton: don, den
    • Old Cornish: den
    • Middle Welsh: dyn
  • Old Irish: duine
  • Gaulish: xtonion (gen. pl.)[2]

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gdonyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 156
  2. ^ Gaulish Vocabulary