Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dusnos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-,[1] further to *dʰewh₂-. Cognate Latin fuscus and Old English dox.
Adjective
*dusnos[1]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dusnos | *dusnou | *dusnoi |
| vocative | *dusne | *dusnou | *dusnoi |
| accusative | *dusnom | *dusnou | *dusnons |
| genitive | *dusnī | *dusnous | *dusnom |
| dative | *dusnūi | *dusnobom | *dusnobos |
| instrumental | *dusnū | *dusnobim | *dusnobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dusnā | *dusnai | *dusnās |
| vocative | *dusnā | *dusnai | *dusnās |
| accusative | *dusnam | *dusnai | *dusnans |
| genitive | *dusnās | *dusnous | *dusnom |
| dative | *dusnai | *dusnābom | *dusnābos |
| instrumental | *? | *dusnābim | *dusnābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dusnom | *dusnou | *dusnā |
| vocative | *dusnom | *dusnou | *dusnā |
| accusative | *dusnom | *dusnou | *dusnā |
| genitive | *dusnī | *dusnous | *dusnom |
| dative | *dusnūi | *dusnobom | *dusnobos |
| instrumental | *dusnū | *dusnobim | *dusnobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dusnyūs | *? | *dusnyoses |
| vocative | *dusnyūs | *? | *dusnyoses |
| accusative | *dusnyosam | *? | *dusnyosans |
| genitive | *dusnisos | *? | *dusnisom |
| dative | *dusnisei | *? | *dusnisbos |
| instrumental | *dusnisī | *? | *dusnisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dusnyūs | *? | *dusnyoses |
| vocative | *dusnyūs | *? | *dusnyoses |
| accusative | *dusnyosam | *? | *dusnyosans |
| genitive | *dusnisos | *? | *dusnisom |
| dative | *dusnisei | *? | *dusnisbos |
| instrumental | *dusnisī | *? | *dusnisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *dusnis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *dusnis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *dusnis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *dusnisos | *? | *dusnisom |
| dative | *dusnisei | *? | *dusnisbos |
| instrumental | *dusnisī | *? | *dusnisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *dunn
- Middle Welsh: dwnn
- Old Irish: donn
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dusno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 109