Proto-Celtic · reconstructed language
*suxtos
noun
Meaning
- silence
- stupor
Etymology / origin
Disputed. There are three major schools of thought, summarized by Irslinger: * Pokorny, LEIA, De Bernardo Stempel, and Matasović connect this to the descendants of Proto-Germanic *seukaz (“sick”), via a root *sewg-. * Schrijver, who connects Breton souezh to this term, reconstructs *stuxt- and relates this to Latin stupeō. The common root would be *(s)tewp- (“to push”). * Watkins and Hamp reconstruct *soxtos and derive this from a root *sek- (“to dry up”). This etymology, unlike the other two, is incompatible with Breton souezh.
- souezh(br)→
- stupeō(la)→
- souezh(br)→
- *seukaz(gem-pro)→
- suxtos (Proto-Celtic)
- Relations: cog, cog, cog, cog
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