Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸo

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 *upó (“below”).[1]

Preposition

*uɸo

  1. under, below
    Synonym: *ɸīssu
    Antonym: *uɸer

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwo
    • ⇒ Old Welsh: guotan, gutan
      • Middle Welsh: a dan
  • Old Irish: fo, fu, fú

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 116.
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