Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/selsig

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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 Late Latin (farta) salsīcia (sausage),[1] from Latin salsus (salty, salted), cognate with Proto-Brythonic *haluɨn (salt), *heli (brine).

Noun[edit]

*selsig f pl (singulative *selsigenn)

  1. sausages

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Breton: silsicq, silsig
  • Old Welsh: selsic

Further reading[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “selsic”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 142