Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pɨg

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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]

Borrowed from Latin pix.[1] Parallel borrowing with Irish pic (pitch, tar).

Noun[edit]

*pɨg f

  1. pitch, tar

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Breton: pic
  • Welsh: pyg
  • Cornish: peg

References[edit]

  1. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “Proto-Brythonic/pɨg”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page braich