Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/au

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 *h₂ew (“away, down”). Cognate with Latin au-, Sanskrit अव (ava, “down”), Old Church Slavonic оу- (u-).^[1]

Preposition

*au^[2]

away from
from
(partitively) of

Derived terms

*au-

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ọ
- Old Breton: o
- Old Welsh: o, ho
  - Middle Welsh: o
    - Welsh: o
Old Irish: ó, hó; úa, húa
- Middle Irish: ó
  - Irish: ó
  - Scottish Gaelic: o, bho
  - Manx: veih, voish

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aw”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
^ Koch, John (2004) “away”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 19

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aw”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 46

[2] Koch, John (2004) “away”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 19

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