Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dubnos

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 *dʰubʰnós (“deep, hollow”).

Adjective

*dubnos

  1. deep

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *dubnos *dubnou *dubnoi
vocative *dubne *dubnou *dubnoi
accusative *dubnom *dubnou *dubnons
genitive *dubnī *dubnous *dubnom
dative *dubnūi *dubnobom *dubnobos
instrumental *dubnū *dubnobim *dubnobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *dubnā *dubnai *dubnās
vocative *dubnā *dubnai *dubnās
accusative *dubnam *dubnai *dubnans
genitive *dubnās *dubnous *dubnom
dative *dubnai *dubnābom *dubnābos
instrumental *? *dubnābim *dubnābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *dubnom *dubnou *dubnā
vocative *dubnom *dubnou *dubnā
accusative *dubnom *dubnou *dubnā
genitive *dubnī *dubnous *dubnom
dative *dubnūi *dubnobom *dubnobos
instrumental *dubnū *dubnobim *dubnobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *dubnyūs *? *dubnyoses
vocative *dubnyūs *? *dubnyoses
accusative *dubnyosam *? *dubnyosans
genitive *dubnisos *? *dubnisom
dative *dubnisei *? *dubnisbos
instrumental *dubnisī *? *dubnisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *dubnyūs *? *dubnyoses
vocative *dubnyūs *? *dubnyoses
accusative *dubnyosam *? *dubnyosans
genitive *dubnisos *? *dubnisom
dative *dubnisei *? *dubnisbos
instrumental *dubnisī *? *dubnisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *dubnis *? *?
vocative *dubnis *? *?
accusative *dubnis *? *?
genitive *dubnisos *? *dubnisom
dative *dubnisei *? *dubnisbos
instrumental *dubnisī *? *dubnisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *duβn
    • Middle Breton: doun
    • Cornish: down
    • Middle Welsh: dwvyn
  • Old Irish: domain, domuin (from variant form *dubnis)

Noun

*dubnos m[1]

  1. world

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dubnos *dubnou *dubnoi
vocative *dubne *dubnou *dubnoi
accusative *dubnom *dubnou *dubnons
genitive *dubnī *dubnous *dubnom
dative *dubnūi *dubnobom *dubnobos
locative *dubnei *? *?
instrumental *dubnū *dubnobim *dubnūis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gaulish: Dubno-talus, Dumno-rix (a surname, literally “world-king”)
  • Old Irish: domun

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dubno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
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