Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tad

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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]

From Proto-Celtic *tatos, of nursery/expressive origin. Compare Latin tata.[1]

Noun[edit]

*tad m (plural *tėd)

  1. father

Coordinate terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Breton: tat
    • Breton: tad (“father”), tata (“dad”)
  • Old Cornish: tat (c. 1250)
  • Middle Welsh: tad
    • Welsh: tad (“father”), dada (“dad”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 372-3
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