Reconstruction talk:Proto-Celtic/udenskyos

Source?

What is the source for this reconstruction? Is there any clue as to the origin of the suffix *-skyos? --85.149.78.152 17:30, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

The source is the Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic ({{R:cel:EDPC}}). The author says, "Although this etymology is often repeated in handbooks, I am not absolutely certain that it is correct. The suffix combination *-skyo- seems odd. Another possibility is to posit *ud-es-kyo- (cf. the s-stem in Gr. dial. hýdos 'water' and cf. Skt. útsa- 'well')." —Mahāgaja · talk 18:23, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

meaning

i wonder if this word meant something more specific in PCeltic ... three syllables for such a basic word seems unusual .... and that its meaning independently moved towards "water" in the daughter languages. —Soap— 10:04, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

@Soap: It's only attested in Goidelic, so the semantic shift could have been quite late. It looks suspiciously like an adjective, so maybe it's a substantivization meaning "watery stuff". —Mahāgaja · talk 15:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)