Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/sux

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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 *sukkos (“pig; snout (of a pig); plowshare”), under the influence of, if not borrowed from, Vulgar Latin *soccus (“plowshare”) (whence Old French soc, soket), itself borrowed from Celtic.[1][2][3][4] Doublet of *hux (“pig”).

Noun[edit]

*sux m

  1. plowshare

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Breton: souch
  • Welsh: swch

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1884) “soc”, in Keltoromanisches, die keltischen etymologieen im etymologischen worterbuch der romanischen sprachen von F. Diez (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer, page 112: “kelt. *sŭccos”
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “sū̆-s, suu̯-ós”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1038
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*sū́s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 425: “Celtic < *sukko-”
  4. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158
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