Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwuɨlann

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 *wailannā.

Noun

*gwuɨlann f

1. seagull, gull

Descendants

• Old Breton: guilannou (plural)
  • Middle Breton: goelann
    • Breton: gouelan
    • → Middle French: gaellans, goilant
      • French: goéland
    • → Middle English: gulle
      • English: gull, seagull
• Old Cornish: guilan
  • Cornish: goolan
• Middle Welsh: gwylan
  • Welsh: gwylan