Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dāmos

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 *dōm-o-s (“belonging to the house”), a vṛddhi derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dom-o-s, thematized form of *dṓm (“house, home”).[1][2]

Noun

*dāmos m

  1. someone in one's retinue

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dāmos *dāmou *dāmoi
vocative *dāme *dāmou *dāmoi
accusative *dāmom *dāmou *dāmons
genitive *dāmī *dāmous *dāmom
dative *dāmūi *dāmobom *dāmobos
locative *dāmei *? *?
instrumental *dāmū *dāmobim *dāmūis

Derived terms

  • *dāmā (“retinue”, collective)
    • Old Irish: dám
      • Middle Irish: dám, dáim

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dọβ̃ (“client, son-in-law”)
    • Middle Breton: deuff
      • Breton: deuñv
    • Old Cornish: dof
      • Middle Cornish: def, duf
        • Cornish: deuv
    • Old Welsh: dauu, daum
      • Middle Welsh: daw

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dāmo/ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88-89
  2. ^ McCone, Kim (1992) “Varia I: The Etymology of Old Irish Déis 'client(s)'”, in Ériu, page 194
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