eó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eo"

Old Irish

eó

Alternative forms

• eú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːo̯/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *esoxs; cognate with Middle Welsh ehawc.

Noun

eó m (genitive ïach, nominative plural ïaich)

1. salmon

Declension

Masculine k-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	eó	ïaichL	ïaich
Vocative	eó	ïaichL	ïacha
Accusative	ïaichN	ïaichL	ïacha
Genitive	ïach	ïach	ïachN
Dative	ïaichL, eó	ïachaib	ïachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: eo
• Scottish Gaelic: eò

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”).

Noun

eó m

1. stem, shaft
2. yew, tree

Mutation

Mutation of eó

radical	lenition	nasalization
eó (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-eó

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 eó, eú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language