Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yo

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

Alternative forms

• *so

Etymology

Traditionally regarded as the stem form of Proto-Indo-European *yós.

Particle

*yo

1. relative particle

Descendants

• Celtiberian: ios
• Gaulish: -ío
• Old Irish: transphonologized as relative forms of verbs and leniting relative clauses

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 436