Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-ox

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *-yūs, accusative *-(y)osam, with secondary restoration of the -h- < -s- by analogy with the superlative and equative. The stress before -h- probably allowed the subsequent development to -x- before a vowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːx/

Adjective

*-ox

1. Forms the comparative of an adjective.

Descendants

• Breton: -oc'h
• Middle Welsh: -ach
  • Welsh: -ach

See also

• *-haβ̃
• *-hed

References

• Aaron Griffith, British Celtic intervocalic *s, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien, [1]