Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/fruɨθ
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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]
From earlier *fruxtos,[1] borrowed Latin frūctus.[1][2][3]
Noun[edit]
*fruɨθ m
Reconstruction notes[edit]
The Latin long vowel ū would ordinarily result in Proto-Brythonic *ʉ. The Brythonic reflexes require *u, which may suggest a Latin frŭctus; however, Jackson argues that the shortening of the vowel could equally have occurred in Brythonic.[1] Alternatively, the vowel quality may have been secondarily influenced by the large number of words with *uɨ (from earlier *ē).
Descendants[edit]
- Middle Breton: froez, frouez
- Breton: frouezh pl
- Old Cornish: fruit
- → Cornish: frooth pl (semi-learned)
- Middle Welsh: ffrwyth
- Welsh: ffrwyth
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 405: “Br. *frŭxtos < Lat. frūctus”
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffrwyth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 226