Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dallos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwl̥no-, from *dʰwolno (to dim, make obscure).[1] See also Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (stunned, confused).

Adjective[edit]

*dallos

  1. blind

Inflection[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *dallos *dallou *dalloi
vocative *dalle *dallou *dalloi
accusative *dallom *dallou *dalloms
genitive *dallī *dallous *dallom
dative *dallūi *dallobom *dallobos
instrumental *dallū *dallobim *dallobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *dallā *dallai *dallās
vocative *dallā *dallai *dallās
accusative *dallam *dallai *dallams
genitive *dallās *dallous *dallom
dative *dallai *dallābom *dallābos
instrumental *? *dallābim *dallābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *dallom *dallou *dallā
vocative *dallom *dallou *dallā
accusative *dallom *dallou *dallā
genitive *dallī *dallous *dallom
dative *dallūi *dallobom *dallobos
instrumental *dallū *dallobim *dallobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Brythonic: *dall
    • Old Breton: dall
    • Old Cornish: dal
    • Middle Welsh: dall
  • Old Irish: dall

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “dallo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-88