Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/palad

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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]

Uncertain; possibly either from *pal (“shovel, spade”) +‎ *-ad, or inherited from Proto-Celtic *kʷalati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel(h₁)- (“to turn”),[1][2] compare Old Irish celtair (“spear, spear tip”).[3]

Verb[edit]

*palad

  1. to dig (up)

Descendants[edit]

  • Breton: palat
  • Cornish: palas
  • Welsh: palu

Further reading[edit]

  • Williams, Robert (1865) “palas”, 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 277

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 83
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “pelechi”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 129
  3. ^ Koch, John (2004) “dig *kʷal-e/o-)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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