Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dānus

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 a u-stem extension of Proto-Indo-European *déh₃-r̥ ~ *dh₃-éns, from *deh₃- (“to give”).^[1]

Noun edit

*dānus m

gift

Inflection edit

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dānus	*dānū	*dānowes
vocative	*dānu	*dānū	*dānūs
accusative	*dānum	*dānū	*dānums
genitive	*dānous	*dānous	*dānowom
dative	*dānou	*dānubom	*dānubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*dānū	*dānubim	*dānubis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic: *dọn
- Middle Welsh: dawn
  - Welsh: dawn
Old Irish: dán
- Middle Irish: dán
  - Irish: dán
  - Manx: daan
  - Scottish Gaelic: dàn

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dānu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dānu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90

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