Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bʉx

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Modified from *bʉ (cow) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (goat), *hux (pig), *mox (pigs).[1]

Noun[edit]

*bʉx m

  1. cow
    Synonym: *bʉ

Descendants[edit]

  • Breton: buoc’h
  • Old Cornish: buch
  • Middle Welsh: buch

References[edit]

  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “buch”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19