Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dīwedom

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 *dīwedeti (“to stop”), with the suffix *-om.

Noun

*dīwedom n[1]

  1. end
    Synonym: *uɸerkʷennom

Declension

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dīwedom *dīwedou *dīwedā
vocative *dīwedom *dīwedou *dīwedā
accusative *dīwedom *dīwedou *dīwedā
genitive *dīwedī *dīwedous *dīwedom
dative *dīwedūi *dīwedobom *dīwedobos
locative *dīwedei *? *?
instrumental *dīwedū *dīwedobim *dīwedūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *diweð
    • Old Breton: diued
      • Middle Breton: divez
        • Breton: diwezh
    • Cornish: diwedh
    • Old Welsh: diued
  • Old Irish: dead, dïad
    • Irish: diaidh
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: co dead (“forever”, literally “to the end”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: dèidh
    • Manx: jei

Further reading

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dī-wedo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 100
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