Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uxsū

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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 *úks-ō, from *uksḗn (ox).

Noun

*uxsū m[1][2][3]

  1. ox, stag

Declension

Masculine/feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uxsū *uxsone? *uxsones
vocative *uxsū *uxsone? *uxsones
accusative *uxsonam *uxsone? *uxsonams
genitive *uxsonos *uxsonows? *uxsonom
dative *uxsonei *uxsombom *uxsombos
locative *uxson(i) *? *?
instrumental *uxsonei *uxsombim *uxsombis

Derived terms

  • *uxsos[3]
    • Old Irish: oss (elk, deer, stag)
      • Irish: os (deer)
      • Scottish Gaelic: os

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 258
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uxso-, *uxson-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 401-402
  4. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “OH”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 271
  5. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27