Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bʉal

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin būbalus (buffalo, antelope). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish búaball (buffalo).

Noun

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*bʉal m

  1. buffalo
  2. drinking-horn

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: bual
  • Cornish: bual
  • Middle Welsh: bual