uss-
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a merger of two prefixes.
- One is from Proto-Celtic *uts-, from Proto-Indo-European *úd-s- (“out”).
- Another source is from Proto-Celtic *ouxs-, from Proto-Indo-European *ups, a sigmatic variant of *upó (“up”).
Prefix edit
uss- (pretonic as-)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 532, page 344
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 477
Further reading edit
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 349, pages 525–26