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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/udenskyos

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 a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *udén-, the oblique stem of *wódr̥ (water).

Noun

*udenskyos m

  1. water

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *udenskyos *udenskyou *udenskyoi
vocative *udenskye *udenskyou *udenskyūs
accusative *udenskyom *udenskyou *udenskyoms
genitive *udenskyī *udenskyous *udenskyom
dative *udenskyūi *udenskyobom *udenskyobos
locative *udenskyei *? *?
instrumental *udenskyū *udenskyobim *udenskyūis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: uisce
    • Irish: uisce, uisge
      • English: whiskey
    • Manx: ushtey
    • Scottish Gaelic: uisge

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
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