Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dūnom

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.

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós (“lasting, durable”), from *dewh₂- (“to last”) +‎ *-nós,^[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHno-, of unclear origin, but possibly related to Latin fūnus (“burial”), if this originally meant “burial mound”.^[2]

*dūnom n

1. stronghold, rampart

• Proto-Brythonic: *din
  • Old Breton: din
    • Breton: din
  • Cornish: din
  • Old Welsh: din
    • Middle Welsh: din
      • Welsh: din
• Old Irish: dún
  • Irish: dún
  • Manx: doon
  • Scottish Gaelic: dùn
• Gaulish: *dūnon
  • →⇒ Latin: Arialdūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Augustodūnum
    • Old French: Ostun
      • Middle French: Austun, Authun
        • French: Autun
          • → English: Autun
  • →⇒ Latin: Brannodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Caesarodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Campodūnum
    • Medieval Latin: Campidona
      • → Middle High German: Kemptun
        • German: Kempten
  • →⇒ Latin: Camulodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Eburodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Melodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Minnodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Moridūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Noviodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Sedūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Segodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Singidūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Uxellodūnum
  • →⇒ Latin: Virodūnum
• → Proto-Germanic: *tūną (“enclosure”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *tynъ (see there for further descendants)
• →? Proto-Germanic: *dūnǭ (“sandhill, dune”) (see there for further descendants)