Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pobl

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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]

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin poplus, from Latin populus.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish popul (people).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*pobl f

  1. (countable) people

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Breton: *popl (in compound)
  • Old Cornish: popel
  • Middle Welsh: pobyl

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pobl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “popul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language