Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/duwo
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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
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| ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
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| Cardinal: *duwo Ordinal: *alyos | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ due to Lindeman’s Law.
Numeral
[edit]*duwo m or n (feminine *dwei)
Inflection
[edit]| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | *duwo | — |
| vocative | — | *duwo | — |
| accusative | — | *duwo | — |
| genitive | — | *duwo | — |
| dative | — | *duwo | — |
| instrumental | — | *duwo | — |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | — | *dwei | — |
| vocative | — | *dwei | — |
| accusative | — | *dwei | — |
| genitive | — | *dwiyou | — |
| dative | — | *dwibom | — |
| instrumental | — | *dwibim | — |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | — | *duwo | — |
| vocative | — | *duwo | — |
| accusative | — | *duwo | — |
| genitive | — | *dwiyou | — |
| dative | — | *dwibom | — |
| instrumental | — | *dwibim | — |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Cowgill, Warren (1985), “PIE *duu̯o ‘2’ in Germanic and Celtic, and the nom.-acc. dual of non-neuter o-stems”, in Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, volume 46, pages 13–28
- Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 331.
- Eska, Joseph F. (2018), “Laryngeal Realism and the Prehistory of Celtic”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 116, number 3, , pages 320–331
- Kim McCone (1994), “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §35.3, page 202