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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dowsants
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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 *dows + *-ants (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“arm”). Cognate with Sanskrit दोस् (dos, “arm”), Proto-Slavic *pazduxa (“bosom, armpit”).[1]
Declension
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dowsants | *dowsante | *dowsantes |
| vocative | *dowsants | *dowsante | *dowsantes |
| accusative | *dowsantam | *dowsante | *dowsantams |
| genitive | *dowsantos | *dowsantou | *dowsantom |
| dative | *dowsantei | *dowsantobom | *dowsantobos |
| locative | *dowsanti | — | — |
| instrumental | *dowsante? | *dowsantobim | *dowsantobis |
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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