Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸīssu

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 *pḗdsu (literally “at the feet”), locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). The long vowel is unexpected.[1]

Preposition

*ɸīssu

  1. below, under
    Synonym: *uɸo

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *is
    • Old Breton: is
      • Breton: is
    • Old Welsh: is (“under”)
      • Middle Welsh: is
  • Old Irish: ís

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fīssu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
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