abacc

Middle Irish

Etymology

Associated by Matasović with Middle Welsh afanc (“dwarf; beaver”), from Proto-Celtic *abankos (“beaver”), a derivative of *abū (“river”).[1] However, the sense ‘beaver’ is unattested in Goidelic, and Proto-Celtic *nk should give Goidelic /ɡ/, not /k/.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈavak/

Noun

abacc m

  1. dwarf

Descendants

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
abaccunchangedn-abacc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 24

Further reading
  • “abacc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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