9588.
McCone
(Kim): OIr.
erbaid
‘entrusts’,
orb
‘heir’ and
orbae
‘inheritance’.
In
Studia celtica et indogermanica [Fs. Meid]
(1999), pp. 239–242.
Argues that OIr.
erbaid
continues a Celt. primary verb *
erb-e/o
- derived from a PIE root *
h
1
erb
h
- ‘bequeath’ to which OIr.
orb
and
orbae
are morphologically related.
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Words/Proper Names:
erbaid
orb
orbae