douic
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Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]do·uic is the preterite of *do·ucai (“to bring”, augmented), originally the causative of do·icc (“to come”), from Proto-Celtic *onkīti (literally “to make come”). Cognate with Middle Welsh heb-r-wng (“to lead, bring”).[1] Not related to Old Irish do·ucai (“to understand”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]do·uic
Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| do·uic (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | do·n-uic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂nek̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 283
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “*-u-n-k-e/o-”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 653