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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Matasović derives this from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysk- (“to shine, glitter”).[1] However, Zair is confused at this etymology, pointing out that the *ē should not have remained as é before the unpalatalized consonant cluster in Old Irish;[2] instead it should have broken into ía.
Noun
*ēskyom n
- moon
Declension
| Neuter o-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ēskyom
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*ēskyou
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*ēskyā
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| vocative
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*ēskyom
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*ēskyou
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*ēskyā
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| accusative
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*ēskyom
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*ēskyou
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*ēskyā
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| genitive
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*ēskyī
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*ēskyous
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*ēskyom
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| dative
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*ēskyūi
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*ēskyobom
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*ēskyobos
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| locative
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*ēskyei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*ēskyū
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*ēskyobim
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*ēskyūis
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 118
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 229-230
