xii.
Outlines of Gaelic etymology.
(2) G. ea, O. Ir. e.
- G. each, horse, O. Ir. ech, W. ebol, Lat. equus. So numerous words—eadh, space, bean, beart, cearc, ceart, dearc, dearg, deas, fearg, geal, geas, meadhon, meanmna, meas, neart, reachd, seach, seachd, sean, searg, teach, teas, treabh.
(3) G. ei, O. Ir. e.
- G. beir, take, O. Ir. berim, W. adfer, Lat. fero. So beil (meil), ceil, ceirtle, ceithir, creid, deich, deis, [Dial.] ready, meirbh, seinn, teich, teine.
(4) G., O. Ir. i.
- G., O. Ir. fine, tribe, root ven, O. H. G. wini, Ag. S. wine, friend. So cineal, gin, ite, mil, misg, sinnsear, tigh, tighearna.
(5) G. io, O. Ir. i.
- G. bior, spit, O. Ir. bir, W. ber, Lat. veru. So iol‑, sliochd, smior, biolaire, ciomach, tioram.
(6) G. ui in ruith, ruinn = rinn (bis), ruighinn and righinn: (Cf. roinn, [Dial.] did, for rinn; ruigheachd). So trusdair, stuthaig.
(7) Compensatory long vowels in G. and O. Ir. These arise from loss of one consonant before another, one of which must be a liquid.
- a. ent becomes G. eud, O. Ir. ét. G. ceud, first, O. Ir. cét, W. cynt. So seud, journey. Similarly *enk; G. eug, death, O. Ir. éc; *brenkâ, G. breug, lie, O. Ir. bréc,; *enkt, G. euchd, E. Ir. écht (Cf. creuchd, *crempt‑?); *centsô; G. ceus, crucify. Parallel to these forms in ent, enk are those in ṇt, ṇk, such as ceud, one hundred, O. Ir. cét, W. cant, Lat. centum (so deud, eug, geug).
- b. ebl: in G. neul, cloud, O. Ir. nél, W, niwl.
- egr: in G. feur, grass, O. Ir. fér, W. gwair.
- egn: in G. feun, O. Ir. fén: *vegno-s.
- etl: in G. sgeul, O. Ir. scél, W. chwedl.
- etn: in G. eun, O. Ir. én, W. edn.
- c. G. eadar and thig show short vowels for original *enter and enk. This is due to sentence accent in the case of eadar and to the word accent in the case of thig or to both.
- For ceum, leum, etc., see under ṇ.
I. E. o.
(1) G., Ir. o.
- G. co‑, comh‑, with, O. Ir. co‑, com‑, W. cy‑, cyf‑, *kom‑; so ro- (= Lat. pro), fo (= Gr. ὑπό), nochd, naked, night, ochd, mol, bodhar, gon, gort, roth.
