Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/osnos

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 *Heh₃s- (“ash tree”).[1]

Noun

*osnos m

  1. ash tree

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *osnos *osnou *osnoi
vocative *osne *osnou *osnoi
accusative *osnom *osnou *osnons
genitive *osnī *osnous *osnom
dative *osnūi *osnobom *osnobos
locative *osnei *? *?
instrumental *osnū *osnobim *osnūis

Derived terms

  • *osnistū
    • Old Irish: uinnius
      • ⇒ Irish: fuinseog
      • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: uinnseann

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *onn f
    • Middle Breton: ounenn sg
      • Breton: onn (collective), onnenn sg
    • Old Cornish: onnen sg
    • Old Welsh: onnen sg
  • Middle Irish: onn m

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*osno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 300-301
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