u̯ē̆su- (*su̯ē̆su-)

    u̯ē̆su- (*su̯ē̆su-)

    English meaning: good

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gut”

    Material: O.Ind. vásu- “good” (in addition vasvī “night”), vásu n. “blessing, Besitztum, property, richness “ (das Subst. after Akzent and ablaut das primäre), Av. vaŋhu-, vohu ds., O.Ind. vasīyün “better”, vasiṣṭha- “best”, Av. vahyü̊ , vahištō ds.; alt-Illyr. Ves-cleves, compare O.Ind. vásu-śravas-;

    Note: Illyr. displays satem and centum characteristics similar to Alb. and O.Ind. also Illyr. adds prothetic v- before bare initial vowels like Alb. hence *u- > v- in Illyr. dialects and modern Alb. Gmc. in Eigennamen, e.g. Wisu-rīh, -mür, also Wisi-Gothae; Gaul. in Eigennamen as Bello- , Sigo-vesus, Vesu-avus, O.Ir. *feb (only in den case oblique covered, e.g. dat. sg. feib) “Vortrefflichkeit” from *u̯esu̯-ü, febas “Vortrefflichkeit”, *febtu, gen. febtad gl. ‘substantiae”; ablaut. O.Ir. fō “good, Gũte” (*u̯osu-); besides *u̯ēsu- in Ir. fiu “wũrdig”, Welsh gwiw ds., Bret. gwiou “cheerful”, Gaul. Uīsu-rīx; about u̯ēsu- in asiO.N. Sprachen s. Bossert Withteil. Inst. Orientf. 2, 78 ff.; besides eus- (with metathesis as in Gk. εὖρος from Fερος) in: Goth. iusiza “better”, iusila “Erholung, Erleichterung” (after Wissmann, D. ält. Postverb. d. Gmc. 72 ff. post-verbal to *iusilon, as inilo “Entschuldigung, Vorwand” to *inilon); O.C.S. unje “better” (compar. to an *uno- from *eus-no-); Illyr. PN Veselia “Felicitas”; Ltv. vęsęls “fit, healthy, heil, unversehrt”; O.C.S. veselъ, Cz.veselū etc. “cheerful”; maybe through metathesis Lat. (*veselia) felicitas -atis f. “happiness, good fortune, success; personif., Good Fortune as a goddess”, felix -icis “fruitful, fertile. Transf., of good omen, favorable, bringing good luck; fortunate, lucky, successful; Felix, the Lucky One, sur- name of Sulla. adv. feliciter, fruitfully; auspiciously, favorably; luck- ily, successfully”. Toch. A wṣe, В yaṣi “night” as *u̯esū “die Gute”.

    References: WP. I 311, Vasmer 1, 191 f., Frisk 594 f.

    See also: probably to u̯es-2.