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{{morpheme
|type_morpheme=lexical
|meaning='worthy, excellent'
|language=Celtic
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|u̯}}{{p|e}}{{p|s}}/-
|from_pie=*''h₁u̯esu''- 'good'
|from_protocelt=*''u̯esu''- 'good'
|checklevel=0
}}
== Commentary ==
Attested in Gaulish compound personal names as first (''uesuauus'', unless from *''u̯esuā''- = OIr. ''feb'' 'excellence') and second (''segouesus'' and ''bellouesus'' in Livy V, 34, ''bodiues''[''i''], ''sunnuuesa'') element, and in simplex names (e.g. ''uesus'', ''uesuccius''), see {{bib|KGP}}: 294, {{bib|DLG}}: 318, {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 236 et passim. Attested lexically in Insular Celtic (OIr. ''fíu'', W. ''gwiw'', Corn. ''gwyw'' 'worthy') ({{bib|NIL}}: 253, {{bib|Matasović 2009}} s.v. *''wesu''-, {{bib|Zair 2012}}: 49). See also {{m||u̯īs-}}.
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