Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “oss” come from?

oss (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn.

Ancestry of “oss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticuxsūox, stag
2Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—

Words derived from “oss”

  • Ossian
  • Ossianic
  • Ossianesque
  • Ossian
  • Ossi
  • Ossian
  • osréalach
  • osteilgeoir
  • osordaithe
  • os-
  • osréalachas
  • osréalaí
  • osréalaíoch
  • osduine
  • osduánach
  • oschéadfaíoch
  • osnormálta
  • oiseoil
  • osoighreach
  • osbhuí
  • Oisín
  • os
  • oisín
  • osamharc
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