629.
McCone
(Kim): OIr.
senchae
,
senchaid
and preliminaries on agent noun formation in Celtic.
In
Ériu 46
(1995), pp. 1–10.
ad F.
Kelly
,
in
Peritia 5 (1986), 74-106.
Senchae
derives from a compound *
seno-k
w
ois
(
y
?)
os
, meaning ‘old witness’.
Senchas
represents
senchae
+ abstract suffix -
as
.
Kelly
(Fergus) (
ref.
)
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Classifications:
D 1.3 Etymology (Individual)
E 5.1.2 Morphology: Noun, adjective
Indexes:
Words/Proper Names:
-as (senchas)
*seno-k
w
ois
senchae
senchaid
senchas