Etymograph

English

Ossianize

Ossian + -ize

Formed from Ossian + -ize

Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn ‘bull’

Proto-Celtic *uxsū ‘ox, stag’

Old Irish oss ‘deer, stag’

Irish os ‘deer’

Irish Oisín

English Ossian

Today it means

verb To write, or depict in, Ossianic poetry.

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