Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llowern

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 *loɸernos.

Noun

*llowern m

1. fox

Descendants

• Old Breton: louuern
  • Middle Breton: louarn
    • Breton: louarn (“fox”), lowern, luhern
• Old Cornish: louuern (“vulpes”)
  • Cornish: lowarn (“fox”)
• Old Welsh: louern
  • Middle Welsh: llewyrn (“foxes”)
    • Welsh: llwyrn (“will o' the wisp”)