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§ 59
ARYAN VOWELS IN KELTIC
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store’ < Pr. Kelt. *ber‑.—Ar. *medhu- > Gk. μέθυ ‘wine’, O. H. G. metu ‘mead’, O. Bulg. medŭ ‘honey’, Skr. mádhu ‘honey’: W. medd ‘mead’, meddw̯ ‘drunk’ < Pr. Kelt. *medu- *medu̯‑.—Ar. *ek̑u̯os > Lat. equus, Skr. ás̑va‑ḥ: Ir. ech ‘horse’, Gaul. Epo- (in Epo-redia, etc.), W. eb-ol ‘colt’ < Pr. Kelt. *eku̯‑.

iv. Ar. i (Lat. i, Gk. ι). Ar. *u̯id- (√u̯eid- ‘see, know’) > Lat. video ‘I see’, Gk. Hom. ϝίδμεν, Goth. witum ‘we know’: Ir. fiss ‘knowledge’, W. gw̯ŷs ‘summons’ < Pr. Kelt. *u̯iss‑, § 87 ii.—Ar. *u̯liq- (√u̯eleiq- ‘wet’) > Lat. liqueo: Ir. fliuch ‘wet’, W. gw̯lyb ‘wet’ < Pr. Kelt. *u̯liq.

v. Ar. o (Lat. o, Gk. ο). Ar. *ok̑tṓ(u) > Lat. octō, Gk. ὀκτώ: Ir. ocht, W. ŵyth ‘eight’ < Pr. Kelt. *oktō § 69 iv (2). Ar. *loɡh- (√leɡh- ‘lie’) > Gk. λόχος ‘bed, couch, ambush’, O. Bulg. są-logŭ ‘consors tori’: W. go-lo-i, r.p. 1040, ‘to lay, bury’ < Pr. Kelt. *log‑.—Ar. *toɡ- (√(s)theɡ- ‘cover’) > Lat. toga: W. to ‘roof’, § 104 ii (2).

vi. Ar. u (Lat. u, Gk. υ). Ar. weak stem *k̑un- > Gk. gen. sg. κυνός, Goth. hunds, Skr. gen. sg. s̑únaḥ: W. pl. cŵn ‘dogs’ < Pr. Kelt. *kun-es.—Ar. *sru‑t- (√sreu- ‘flow’) > Gk. ῥυτός ‘flowing’, Skr. srutáḥ ‘flowing’, Lith. srutà ‘dung-water’: Ir. sruth ‘stream’, W. rhwd ‘dung-water’ < Pr. Kelt. *srut-.

vii. Ar. ə (see i). Ar. *pətḗr *pətér- > Lat. pater, Gk. πατήρ, Goth. fadar, Arm. hair, Skr. pitár‑: Ir. athir ‘father’ < Pr. Kelt. *(p)atīr. Ar. *sət- (√sē- ‘sow’) > Lat. satus: W. had ‘seed’ < Pr. Kelt. *sat‑, § 63 vi (1).

§ 59. i. The Aryan long vowels ā, ī, ū remained; but ē became ī; and ō in stem syllables became ā, in final syllables ū.

ii. Ar. ā (Lat. ā, Gk. Dor. ᾱ, Att. Ion. η). Ar. *bhrāt-ēr, ‑er‑, ‑ōr, ‑or- > Lat. frāter, Gk. Dor. φρᾱ́τηρ ‘member of a clan’, Goth. brōþar, Skr. bhrā́tar‑: Ir. brāthir, W. brawd ‘brother’, pl. broder, brodorion § 124 i < Pr. Kelt. *brāt-īr, ‑er‑, ‑or‑.—Ar. *māt-ēr, ‑er‑, ‑r- > Lat. māter, Gk. Dor. μᾱ́τηρ, Skr. mātár‑: Ir. māthir ‘mother’, W. modr‑yb ‘aunt’ < Pr. Kelt. *māt-ēr, ‑r‑.

iii. Ar. ē (Lat. ē, Gk. η). Lat. vērus, O. Bulg. věra ‘faith’: Ir. fir, W. gwīr ‘true’ < Pr. Kelt. *u̯īros.—Lat. rēx, Skr. rā́j- ‘king’: Ir. , Gaul. rīx, W. rhī < Pr. Kelt. *rīks, *rīg‑.

iv. Ar. ī (Lat. ī, Gk. ). Ar. *qrīt- (√qrei̯ā- ‘buy’) > Skr. krītaḥ ‘bought’: Ir. crīthid ‘inclined to buy’, W. prīd