dauu

Old Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dāmos, *dāmā (whence also Middle Breton deuff, Breton deuñv, Old Cornish dof), from *deh₂mos (“people”) (whence Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”)), from *deh₂- (“to divide”), whence also δαίομαι (daíomai).[1][2]

Noun

dauu m

  1. son-in-law
  2. member of a retinue, guest

Descendants

  • Middle Welsh: daw

References

  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*dāmo/ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88-89
  2. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δῆμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 325
  • Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “daum; dauu”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, volume 18, Walter de Gruyter, page 41
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