Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ouxsos

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

Cognate to Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi, “above”).[1]

Preposition

*ouxsos

  1. above

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ʉx
    • Old Breton: uh
      • Middle Breton: uc'h
        • Breton: uc'h
    • Cornish: ugh
    • Middle Welsh: uch
  • Old Irish: úas
    • Irish: os
    • Scottish Gaelic: os

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*owxsos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
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