View source for u̯īs-

{{morpheme
|type_morpheme=lexical
|meaning='worthy, noble'
|language=Celtic
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|u̯}}{{p|ī}}{{p|s}}/-
|from_pie=*''h₁u̯ēsu''- 'good' (?)
|from_protocelt=*''u̯īsu''- 'good' (?)
|checklevel=0
}}
== Commentary ==
Personal name element of uncertain status; see {{bib|NIL}}: 253–258 with n. 3, 11, 16, 18 for discussion and literature. Schmidt {{bib|KGP}}: 294 groups *''u̯īsu''- with {{m||u̯es-|u̯esu-}} and derives it from a lengthened-grade form of the root (''uisurix'' 'ruler of the good (ones)', cf. {{bib|Stüber 2005}}: 65, 68). However, Gaul. ''uisu''- in names like ''uisurix'', ''uisumarus'' could also be {{m||u̯iss-}} or – in the case of ''uisurix'' from near Basel – represent the Germanic cognate of {{m||u̯es-}} ({{bib|Schrijver 1995}}: 386). A lengthened-grade variant of PIE *''h₁u̯esu''- has been reconstructed for the Insular Celtic lexemes (OIr. ''fíu'', W. ''gwiw'' etc. 'worthy'), but is not necessary; the only possible non-Celtic evidence comes from Phrygian PNN.
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