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pissiumi

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Gaulish

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Etymology

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Word attested on Chamalières tablet.[1][2] From Proto-Celtic *kʷiseti with future & subjunctive suffix -siu and suffixed pronoun -mi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (to see, observe). Cognate with Old Irish ad·cí.

Verb

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pis-

  1. to see.[3]

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier, Lambert, Pierre-Yves (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 250
  2. ^ Savignac, Jean-Paul (2004) Dictionnaire français-gaulois, →ISBN, pages 344-345
  3. ^ Watkins, Calvert (1995) How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63