Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/per

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

Borrowed from Latin pira, plural of pirum. In Vulgar Latin pira was reanalysed as a feminine singular (*pira), but the plural number of *per suggests that this is not the form that underlies the borrowing into Brythonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːr/

Noun

*per f pl (singulative *perenn)

1. pears

Descendants

• Middle Breton: per
  • Breton: per
• Old Cornish: *per (in compound)
  • Middle Cornish: per
    • Cornish: per
• Middle Welsh: per
  • Welsh: pêr

References

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