Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rruɨβ̃

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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 Latin rēmus.[1] Doublet of *rrọβ (“shovel, spade”), cognate with Old Irish rámae (“oar, spade”).

Noun[edit]

*rruɨβ̃ m

  1. oar

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Breton: reuff, roeuff
  • Old Cornish: ruif
  • Middle Welsh: rwyf

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rruɨβ̃&oldid=71434843"