- ubh
- an egg, Irish ubh, ugh, Old Irish og, ub (?), Welsh wy, pl. wyan, Cornish uy, oy, Breton u, vi: *ogos; Greek w$$'/beon, egg, further w$$'ón, Latin ovum, English egg. The phonetics as between Celtic and the other languages is somewhat difficult; but the connection is indisputable.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.