Are there any insights into the etymology of óenach/óenaig aside from being a derivative of óen? And why it became indicative of an assembly? Tagging in @eDIL_Dictionary @ChronHib but perhaps others have some thoughts.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @eDIL_Dictionary
I used to regard it simply as a substantivised adjectival derivative of óen, i.e. something like "re-union", but I found somewhere the explanation as *oi̯n-ag-o-, i.e. a compound with the root *ag- "to drive". Unfortunately I don't recall where I saw this. I have the feeling...
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...that it is in a work by Fergus Kelly, but I checked - it is not in EIL nor in EIF.
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Replying to @ChronHib @eDIL_Dictionary
So then ultimately it may be related to aige?
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @eDIL_Dictionary
Yes, if this etymology is correct. I am still not convinced, though, that we need anything more complicated than an adjective from oén.
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Replying to @ChronHib @eDIL_Dictionary
That’s fair, thank you!
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