Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dyīus

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 *dyḗws.

Noun

*dyīus m

  1. day

Inflection

The following paradigm is mostly derived from Hamp (1975), namely stage 2 (early Celtic) of his chronology.[1] His stages afterwards into the attested Insular Celtic forms are rather implausible though. Schrijver reconstructs *dyem for the accusative singular[2] instead of Hamp's *dyīm.

Consonant stem, irregular
singular dual plural
nominative *dyīus *? *dyowes
vocative *dyīus *? *dyowes
accusative *d(i)yīm *? *dyowans
genitive *diwos *? *diwom
dative *diwei *? *dyubos
locative *d(i)you *? *?
instrumental *? *? *dyubis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dɨð
    • Breton: deiz
    • Cornish: dydh
    • Old Welsh: did
  • Old Irish: día

References

  1. ^ Hamp, Eric P. (1975), “Varia Etymologica”, in Etudes Celtiques, volume 14, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 461–477
  2. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 286.
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