Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hüβol

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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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From earlier *hwiβol, borrowed from Vulgar Latin fĭbula, from Latin fībula (clasp, buckle, fetter).[1][2][3] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish sibal, siball (clasp, buckle).

Noun

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*hüβol ?[2]

  1. fetter, shackle, bonds

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *füβol (restored f-[2])

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: hual
  • Old Welsh: fual

References

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  1. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “fu”, 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 154
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123; 128; 147; 160:PBr. *hu̯ĭβula [..] > *hu̯ĭβol > (a- affection, apocope) *hüβol (*u̯i > *ü) > *hüol [..] > *hüal
  3. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “fual”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 59