Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/korr

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 *korros, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- (“short”), from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

See also Scots short, schort (“short”), Old High German scurz (“short”), Middle High German schurz, Old Norse skorta (“to lack”), Danish skorte, Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), English short.

Noun

*korr m

1. dwarf, pygmy, stunted individual

Descendants

• Middle Breton: corr
  • Breton: korr
• Old Cornish: cor
  • Cornish: korr
• Welsh: cor

References

1. [Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru]