Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dawnā

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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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, offer”), or less probably *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).

Noun edit

*dawnā f^[1]

poem, chant, melody

Inflection edit

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dawnā	*dawnai	*dawnās
vocative	*dawnā	*dawnai	*dawnās
accusative	*dawnam	*dawnai	*dawnāms
genitive	*dawnās	*dawnous	*dawnom
dative	*dawnāi	*dawnābom	*dawnābos
locative	*dawnai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*dawnābim	*dawnābis

Descendants edit

Middle Irish: dúan (“song, melody”)
- Irish: duan
- Scottish Gaelic: duan (“poem”)

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dawnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dawnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92

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