Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/eβengɨl

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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]

Borrowed from Latin evangelium (gospel),[1] itself borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, bringing good news), from εὐ- (eu-, good) +‎ ἄγγελος (ángelos, messenger), equivalent to *hu- (good) +‎ *angel (angel, messenger (of God)). Old Irish adopted the calque soiscélae, from so- (good) +‎ scél (news).

Noun[edit]

*eβengɨl m

  1. (Christianity) gospel

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Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Williams, Robert (1865) “awayl”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 397
  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “aviel”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 106

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 98:*au̯ai̯el < *au̯angel (Jackson 1967: 793 on *-ng- > Co. Β *-i̯-) < Lat. evangelium