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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

Etymology

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

Noun

*dānus m

  1. gift

Inflection

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

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dọn
  • Old Irish: dán

References

  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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