obn-

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Type:	lexical
Meaning:	'fear'
Language:	Celtic
Phonemic analysis:	/obn/-
From Proto-Celtic:	*φou̯no- 'fear'
Attestation:	aśouni, esonius, esopnio, esopnos, exobna

Commentary

Lexically in OIr. omun (u-stem), MW ofuyn, MBret. oun, Co. own; etymology not quite clear (see Matasović 2009: 295 f., LEIA: O-22). McCone 1992: 105 suggests a derivation from PC *φou̯no- to connect the forms further with OIr. úath 'terror' and potentially Lat. pauor 'fear'. In Gaulish personal names with first element eχs- 'without' or su- 'good'; see KGP: 250. For the assimilation /bn/ > /mn/ cf. dubn-.

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