Irish from Proto-Celtic Flashcards
fear
man PC *wiros < PIE *wiHrós
bean
woman / wife PC *benā < PIE *gʷḗn
buachaill
boy PC *boukolyos ‘cow-herd’ < PIE gʷow-kólos (√kʷel- ‘turn around’)
mé
I PC *mī < PIE *me
agus
and PC *onkus-tus, from *onkus ‘near’
ith
to eat OI ithid < PC *ɸiteti < PIE *peyt-
úll
apple PC *abalom < PIE *h₂ébōl
ól
to drink PC *ɸotlom < PIE *péh₃-tlom
uisce
water PC *udenskyos < PIE *wódr̥
snámh
to swim PIE *(s)neh₂-
feic
to see PC *ad-kʷis-o- < PIE *kʷey- ‘observe’
codail
to sleep OI ·cotli/con·tuili < kom-tulī- < PC √toleyo- < PIE *(s)tel- ‘be still’
rith
to run OI reithid < PC *reteti < PIE *Hret-
dia
deity PC *dēwos < PIE *deywós
maith
good PC *matis < PIE *meh₂- ‘ripen, mature’
ainm
name PC *anman < PIE *h₁nómn̥
cad
what? PC *kʷid < PIE *kʷid
tú
you / thou PC *tū < PIE *túh₂
aois
age OI áes < PC *aiwestom < PIE *h₂ey-w-es-to-
cé
who? PC *kʷēs < PIE *kʷis
fáth
cause / reason PC *wātus ‘inspired utterance’ < PIE *weh₂t-
Éire
Ireland PC *Φīweryū < PIE *piHweryon-
aoibh
beauty / form PC *ofi-bā < PIE *h₁opi-bʰeh₂-
brón
sorrow PC *brugnos < PIE *gʷruHǵʰ-nó-
labhair
to speak PC *ɸlabros ‘talkative’ < PIE pl̥b-ró-s, √pleb- ‘babble’