Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damnyos

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 *dem- (“to build (up)”).^[1]

Noun

*damnyos m^[1]

material, substance

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*damnyos	*damnyou	*damnyoi
vocative	*damnye	*damnyou	*damnyūs
accusative	*damnyom	*damnyou	*damnyoms
genitive	*damnyī	*damnyous	*damnyom
dative	*damnyūi	*damnyobom	*damnyobos
locative	*damnyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*damnyū	*damnyobim	*damnyūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *dėβ̃nɨð (< *damniyo-)
- Old Breton: daffnez
  - Middle Breton: danuez
    - Breton: danvez
- Cornish: defnydh,^[2] devnydh
- Middle Welsh: devnydh
  - Welsh: defnydd
Old Irish: damnae
- Irish: damhna
- Scottish Gaelic: damhna

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “defnydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*dam-níi̯o-”
^ Williams, Robert (1865) “defnydh”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall‎^[1], London: Llandovery, Roderic, page 91

[GPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “defnydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*dam-níi̯o-”

[2] Williams, Robert (1865) “defnydh”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall‎^[1], London: Llandovery, Roderic, page 91

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