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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dēwos

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 Proto-Indo-European *deywós.[1]

Noun

*dēwos m

  1. god, deity
  2. day

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dēwos *dēwou *dēwoi
vocative *dēwe *dēwou *dēwūs
accusative *dēwom *dēwou *dēwūs
genitive *dēwī *dēwous *dēwom
dative *dēwūi *dēwobom *dēwobos
instrumental *dēwū *dēwobim *dēwobis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: *duɨw
    • Old Breton: -doi
    • Old Cornish: duy
    • Old Welsh: duiu
  • Hispano-Celtic:
    • Celtiberian: Teiuoreikis, Deobriga
    • → Galician: Deva (river name)
  • Gaulish: Deuognata, 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 207
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