Etymology

Epona

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Today it means: In Gallo-Roman religion, a goddess of fertility and protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules. Full definition →

Gaulish epos ← Proto-Celtic *ekʷos ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁éḱwos
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*ekʷos
  3. Gaulish · derived fromepos“horse”
  4. English todayEpona

Ultimately from a suffixed form of Gaulish epos (“horse”), from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos all →

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