Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kömroɣ
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Proto-Brythonic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier Brythonic *kombrogis, equivalent to *köβ̃- + *broɣ (“he from an area”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*kömroɣ m (plural *kɵ̇mrüɣ)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Breton: keñvroad, keñvroiz (“compatriot”)
- Cumbric: *Cumbri
- → Old English: Cumberland, Cumbraland, Cumerland
- Middle English: Cumberlond, Cumberland, Cumbreland
- English: Cumberland
- Middle English: Cumbria
- English: Cumbria
- Middle English: Cumberlond, Cumberland, Cumbreland
- → Old English: Cumberland, Cumbraland, Cumerland
- Middle Welsh: Kymry (“Wales”)
References
[edit]- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 133