Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dawyeti

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 *deh₂w- (“kindle, burn”) (compare Tocharian A twās, Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō)).[1]

Verb

*dawyeti[1]

to kindle, burn

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: deuu
  - Middle Breton: devo
    - Breton: deviñ
- Cornish: dewi
- Middle Welsh: deifyaw
  - Welsh: deifio
Old Irish: dóïd, ·dúaid
- Middle Irish: dóigid
  - Irish: dóigh
  - Scottish Gaelic: dòth
  - Manx: daah

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*daw-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92

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[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*daw-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92