Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dowsants

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *dows +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“arm”). Cognate with Sanskrit दोस् (dos, “arm”), Proto-Slavic *pazduxa (“bosom, armpit”).[1]

Noun

*dowsants f [1]

arm, hand

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dowsans	*dowsante	*dowsantes
vocative	*dowsans	*dowsante	*dowsantes
accusative	*dowsantam	*dowsante	*dowsantās
genitive	*dowsantos	*dowsantou	*dowsantom
dative	*dowsantē	*dowsantobom	*dowsantobos
instrumental	*dowsante?	*dowsantobim	*dowsantobis

Descendants

Old Irish: doë, doe

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*dowsant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103

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[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*dowsant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103