Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-haβ̃

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 *-(i)samos, with secondary restoration of the -h- from adjectives where -s- was not intervocalic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haβ̃/

Adjective

*-haβ̃

1. Forms the superlative of an adjective.

Descendants

• Middle Welsh: -af
  • Welsh: -af
• Breton: -añ

See also

• *-hed
• *-ox

References

• Aaron Griffith, British Celtic intervocalic *s, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien, [1]