Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/brọdr

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *brātīr. The loss of the -ī- in the singular is regular.

Noun[edit]

*brọdr m (plural *brọder)[1]

  1. brother

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Breton: brotr
  • Middle Welsh: brawt
  • Cornish: broder

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 204