Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dū

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

Alternative forms

  • *do

Etymology

From earlier *dō, from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do.[1]

Preposition

*dū[2]

  1. to, towards
  2. for

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ðɨ
    • Breton: da
    • Cornish: dhe
    • Old Welsh: di
      • Middle Welsh: y (“to, for”)
        • Welsh: i (“to, for”)
  • Old Irish: do
    • Irish: do
    • Scottish Gaelic: do
    • Manx: da
  • Celtiberian: du

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*do”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
  2. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 125.
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