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Jouna
Pyysalo

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Pyysalo, Jouna, “A minor sound law for Celtic: PIE *VNK → OIr. Vcc: OCymr. Vnc”, Studia Celtica Fennica 14 (2017): 170–182.
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Pyysalo, Jouna, “Ten new etymologies between Old Gaulish and the Indo-European languages”, Studia Celtica Fennica 13 (2016): 47–68.  
abstract:
This paper belongs to a series of articles designed to contribute to the solution of one of the central problem of Indo-European linguistics of today, the comparative etymology of Indo-European languages. The ten new Indo-European etymologies for Old Gaulish presented are:1. OGaul. asia- ‘secale’ : Lith. as- ‘Schachtel-, Schafthalm’; 2. OGaul. nemnali- ‘célébrer’ : RV. námna- ‘sich beugen/neigen’; 3. OGaul. mapalia- ‘kindlich’ : TochA. mkälto- ‘jung, klein’; 4. OGaul. mas ‘gl. metallum’ : TochA. msāṣ ‘imo : from beneath’; 5. OGaul. cunobarro- ‘Tête-de-Chien’ : CLu. paraia- ‘hoch’; 6. OGaul. marco- ‘horse’ : TochA. markä- ‘move’; 7. OGaul. slēbino- ‘montanus’ : TochB. ṣale ‘mountain, hill’; 8. OGaul. cobro- ‘love, desire, greed’ : TochB. kakāpo- ‘desire, crave, want’; 9. OGaul. mallo- ‘langsam, träge’ : TochB. mālle ‘dull’; 10. OGaul. bilio- ‘Baum’ : TochB. pilta- ‘leaf, petal’
Studia Celtica Fennica: <link>
abstract:
This paper belongs to a series of articles designed to contribute to the solution of one of the central problem of Indo-European linguistics of today, the comparative etymology of Indo-European languages. The ten new Indo-European etymologies for Old Gaulish presented are:1. OGaul. asia- ‘secale’ : Lith. as- ‘Schachtel-, Schafthalm’; 2. OGaul. nemnali- ‘célébrer’ : RV. námna- ‘sich beugen/neigen’; 3. OGaul. mapalia- ‘kindlich’ : TochA. mkälto- ‘jung, klein’; 4. OGaul. mas ‘gl. metallum’ : TochA. msāṣ ‘imo : from beneath’; 5. OGaul. cunobarro- ‘Tête-de-Chien’ : CLu. paraia- ‘hoch’; 6. OGaul. marco- ‘horse’ : TochA. markä- ‘move’; 7. OGaul. slēbino- ‘montanus’ : TochB. ṣale ‘mountain, hill’; 8. OGaul. cobro- ‘love, desire, greed’ : TochB. kakāpo- ‘desire, crave, want’; 9. OGaul. mallo- ‘langsam, träge’ : TochB. mālle ‘dull’; 10. OGaul. bilio- ‘Baum’ : TochB. pilta- ‘leaf, petal’
Pyysalo, Jouna, “Ten new Indo-European etymologies for the Celtic languages”, Studia Celtica Fennica 12 (2015): 62–79.  
abstract:
This paper presents ten new etymologies between the Celtic and the Indo-European languages in a contribution to the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European parent langauge. The items compared are:1. OIr. oenach- ‘an injury/wound’ : OSax. ēndago- ‘day of death’, Hitt. ingan- ‘Seuche, Pest, Todesfall’; 2. OIr. airecht- ‘assembly, meeting, conversation’ : LAv. vyāxa- ‘Versammlung’; 3. OIr. cumachtae- ‘pouvoir, puissance’ : TochB. ekaññe- ‘possession, equipment’, AV. aṣṭi- ‘Erreichung’; 4. OIr. ás- ‘croissance, fait de grandir/grossir’ : Maced. ἄξο- ‘ὑλή’; 5. OBret. iolent ‘precentur’ : Lat. hariolā- ‘wahrsagen’; 6. Midlr. cīch- (f.) ‘weibliche Brust’ : RV. kkasā- ‘Brust·bein’; 7. OIr. nái- ‘human being, person’ : TochA. napen- ‘Mensch’; 8. OIr. tol- ‘Wille’ : RV. turá- ‘Willfährig’; 9. OIr. nūadat- ‘hand, wrist or arm’ : RV. nodh-  ‘Elefant’ 10. OIr. aiged ’visage’ : OHG. agsiunî- ‘species : Aussehen, Angesicht’.
Studia Celtica Fennica: <link>
abstract:
This paper presents ten new etymologies between the Celtic and the Indo-European languages in a contribution to the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European parent langauge. The items compared are:1. OIr. oenach- ‘an injury/wound’ : OSax. ēndago- ‘day of death’, Hitt. ingan- ‘Seuche, Pest, Todesfall’; 2. OIr. airecht- ‘assembly, meeting, conversation’ : LAv. vyāxa- ‘Versammlung’; 3. OIr. cumachtae- ‘pouvoir, puissance’ : TochB. ekaññe- ‘possession, equipment’, AV. aṣṭi- ‘Erreichung’; 4. OIr. ás- ‘croissance, fait de grandir/grossir’ : Maced. ἄξο- ‘ὑλή’; 5. OBret. iolent ‘precentur’ : Lat. hariolā- ‘wahrsagen’; 6. Midlr. cīch- (f.) ‘weibliche Brust’ : RV. kkasā- ‘Brust·bein’; 7. OIr. nái- ‘human being, person’ : TochA. napen- ‘Mensch’; 8. OIr. tol- ‘Wille’ : RV. turá- ‘Willfährig’; 9. OIr. nūadat- ‘hand, wrist or arm’ : RV. nodh-  ‘Elefant’ 10. OIr. aiged ’visage’ : OHG. agsiunî- ‘species : Aussehen, Angesicht’.