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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/asselī

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Possibly of non-Indo-European origin as clear cognates in other languages are lacking, though it could formally match *ad-sel-; see *selwā (“possession”).

Noun

*asselī ?[1]

  1. part, joint

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: aisil, aisel, asil

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*asselī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 44
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