Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/deiwos

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 *deywós.[1]

Noun

*deiwos m

  1. god, deity
  2. day

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *deiwos *deiwou *deiwoi
vocative *deiwe *deiwou *deiwoi
accusative *deiwom *deiwou *deiwons
genitive *deiwī *deiwous *deiwom
dative *deiwūi *deiwobom *deiwobos
locative *deiwei *? *?
instrumental *deiwū *deiwobim *deiwūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *duɨw
    • Old Breton: *doi (in compound)
    • Old Cornish: duy
    • Old Welsh: duiu
  • Hispano-Celtic:
    • Celtiberian: Teiuoreikis, Deobriga
    • → Galician: Deva (river name)
  • Gaulish: *Dewognata, teuoxtonio-, Dēuos, Dēwos, Dēvona
  • Old Irish: día

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
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