Four Letters in Search of an Etymology

Lass, Roger

doi:10.1075/dia.12.1.12las

In:Diachronica
Vol. 12:1 (1995) ► pp.99–111

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Four Letters in Search of an Etymology

Roger Lass | University of Cape Town

Published online: 1 January 1995

https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.12.1.12las

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Sims‐Williams, Patrick

2018. IE *peug′‐ /*peuk′‐ ‘to pierce’ in Celtic: Old Irish og ‘sharp point’, ogam, and uaigid ‘stitches’, Gallo‐Latin Mars Ugius, Old Welsh ‐ug and Middle Welsh ‐y ‘fist’, Middle Welsh vch ‘fox’, and ancient names like Uccius. Transactions of the Philological Society 116:1 ► pp. 117 ff.

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