ōs, ōs-i-s, ō̆s-en-, os-k-

    ōs, ōs-i-s, ō̆s-en-, os-k-

    English meaning: ash tree

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Esche”

    Material: Lat. ornus “wild Bergesche” (*os-en-os); Welsh O.Corn. onn-en, Bret. ounn-enn “ash tree”, Welsh pl. onn, ynn (Proto-Celt. *onnü < *osnü); O.Ir. (h)uinnius, dat. uinnsinn (*onn-is-ō) ds.; Lith. úosis f., m., Ltv. uôsis m., O.Pruss. woasis (*ōsi-s; in addition Illyr.- pannon. VN Osi, PN Osones);

    Note: This Illyr. cognate bears the hallmark of a satem langue when Illyr. dialects seem mostly kentum. Alb. ah “beech” (*oskü)?; (rather inaccurate etymology because of Alb. ahi, ahu “beech” -i, - u m. endings: Illyr.-pannon. VN Osi.)

    Note: Common Lat. sn > rn rhotacism has taken place. While Alb. clearly derived from Illyr.- pannon. VN Osi, PN Osones; common Alb. shift is sk > h but always at the beggning of a word: like (*sk̂ii̯-ü) hia f. ‘shadow” : Gk. σκιά̄ f. (sk̂ii̯-ü) ‘shadow” while in the middle of a word Alb. s > h is universal like in: O.Ind. śváśura-, Av. x ̌asura- “father-in-law” : Alb. vjehërr “ father-in-law “, vjéherrë “ motherin- law “ hence Illyr.-pannon. VN Osi : Alb. ahi, ahu “beech”. [the common Alb. s > h phonetic mutation in the middle of the word (See Root sue̯ krū-́

    English meaning: mother-in law or father-in-law shift s > h in Alb. (*śváśura-) vjehërr “ father-in-law “) not sk > h which is common at the beginning of the word Alb. hē, hie ‘schatten” (*sk̂ii̯ü ) See Root sk̂üi-, sk̂ǝi- : sk̂ī- English meaning: to glimmer (of wet things); shadow]. Because Illyr. (and its offspring Alb.) shows satem and centum characteristics it could be the oldest IE tongue. Illyr. similarly to Alb. preferred truncated form Illyr.-pannon. VN Osi against its older Illyr.-pannon. PN Osones which is another sound proof Alb. descendant of Illyr. Slav. *jasenь (*jasenъ) m. in Serb. jȁsên, Russ. jásenь; with k-extension: Arm. hac̣i “ash tree”; Gk. ὀξύη “beech, spear shaft” (*ὀσκ[ε]σ-?); ligur. PN ᾽Οσκέλα “Eschenwald” (?); O.Ice. askr m. “ash tree, spear, javelin, ship”, O.E. æsc (Gmc. *askiz), O.H.G. asc “ash tree”; compare tscherem. oško “ash tree”.

    References: WP. I 183 f., WH. II 223, Trautmann 203, Specht IE Decl. 59.