Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yo

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Traditionally regarded as the stem form of Proto-Indo-European *yós.

Particle

*yo

  1. relative particle

Descendants

  • Celtiberian: ios
  • Gaulish: -ío
  • Old Irish: transphonologized as relative forms of verbs and leniting relative clauses

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 436
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