Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dālom

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 *deh₂- (“to divide”).

Noun

*dālom n

1. part, share, portion

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dālom	*dālou	*dālā
vocative	*dālom	*dālou	*dālā
accusative	*dālom	*dālou	*dālā
genitive	*dālī	*dālous	*dālom
dative	*dālūi	*dālobom	*dālobos
locative	*dālei	*?	*?
instrumental	*dālū	*dālobim	*dālūis

Descendants

• Old Irish: dál

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 88