Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dēwos

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 *deywós.

Noun

*dēwos m

1. god, deity
2. day

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dēwos	*dēwou	*dēwoi
vocative	*dēwe	*dēwou	*dēwūs
accusative	*dēwom	*dēwou	*dēwoms
genitive	*dēwī	*dēwous	*dēwom
dative	*dēwūi	*dēwobom	*dēwobos
locative	*dēwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*dēwū	*dēwobim	*dēwūis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *duɨw
  • Old Breton: *doi (in compound)
    • Middle Breton: doe
      • Breton: doue
  • Old Cornish: duy
    • Middle Cornish: dew, deu
      • Cornish: dew
  • Old Welsh: duiu
    • Middle Welsh: duw
      • Welsh: duw
• Hispano-Celtic:
  • Celtiberian: Teiuoreikis, Deobriga
  • → Galician: Deva (river name)
• Gaulish: Deuognata, teuoxtonio-, Dēuos, Dēwos, Dēvona
• Old Irish: día
  • Irish: dia, Dia, Dé
  • Manx: jee
  • Scottish Gaelic: dia