Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ehọg

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 *esākos, an irregular variation of *esoxs.

Noun

*ehọg m

1. salmon

Descendants

• Middle Breton: eheuc
  • Breton: eog
• Old Cornish: ehoc
  • Middle Cornish: ehuac
    • Cornish: ehek
• Middle Welsh: ehawc
  • Welsh: eog

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies