Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸīssu

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 *pḗdsu (literally “at the feet”), locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). The long vowel is unexpected.^[1]

Preposition

*ɸīssu

below, under
Synonym: *uɸo

Derived terms

*ɸīsselos

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *is
- Old Breton: is
  - Breton: is
- Old Welsh: is (“under”)
  - Middle Welsh: is
    - Welsh: is
Old Irish: ís
- ⇒ Irish: aníos, síos, thíos
- ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: nìos, shìos, sìos

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fīssu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fīssu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131

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