Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dāmos
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *dōm-o-s (“belonging to the house”), a vṛddhi derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dom-o-s, thematized form of *dṓm (“house, home”).[1][2]
Noun
edit*dāmos m
- someone in one's retinue
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *dāmos | *dāmou | *dāmoi |
vocative | *dāme | *dāmou | *dāmūs |
accusative | *dāmom | *dāmou | *dāmoms |
genitive | *dāmī | *dāmous | *dāmom |
dative | *dāmūi | *dāmobom | *dāmobos |
locative | *dāmei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *dāmū | *dāmobim | *dāmūis |
Derived terms
edit- *dāmā (“retinue”, collective)
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *dọβ̃ (“client, son-in-law”)
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dāmo/ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88-89
- ^ McCone, Kim (1992) “Varia I: The Etymology of Old Irish Déis 'client(s)'”, in Ériu, page 194