Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/au

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 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 *h₂ew (“away, down”). Cognate with Latin au-, Sanskrit अव (ava, “down”), Old Church Slavonic оу- (u-).[1]

Preposition

*au[2]

  1. away from
  2. from
  3. (partitively) of

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ọ
    • Old Breton: o
    • Old Welsh: o, ho
      • Middle Welsh: o
        • Welsh: o
  • Old Irish: ó, hó, úa, húa

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aw”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “away”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 19
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