Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/durnos

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

Probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Pokorny, however, compares Latvian dūre (“fist”).

Noun

*durnos m

1. fist

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*durnos	*durnou	*durnoi
vocative	*durne	*durnou	*durnoi
accusative	*durnom	*durnou	*durnoms
genitive	*durnī	*durnous	*durnom
dative	*durnūi	*durnobom	*durnobos
locative	*durnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*durnū	*durnobim	*durnūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *durn
  • Old Breton: durn
    • Breton: dourn
  • Cornish: dorn
  • Middle Welsh: dwrn
    • Welsh: dwrn
• Old Irish: dorn
  • Middle Irish: dorn
    • Irish: dorn
    • Scottish Gaelic: dòrn
    • Manx: doarn
• Gaulish: Dago-durnus (placename)
• → Latin: Durnovaria (?)