Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/awr

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 aurum (“gold”).^[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish ór (“gold”).^[2]^[3]

Noun

*awr m

gold

Descendants

Breton: aour
Old Cornish: our
- Cornish: owr
Old Welsh: our
- Middle Welsh: awr
  - Welsh: awr
- Middle Welsh: eur (probably < Latin aureus)
  - Welsh: aur

References

^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 271.
^ Williams, Robert (1865), “our”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., pages 275-276
^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “aur³”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 12-13

[1] Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 271.

[2] Williams, Robert (1865), “our”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., pages 275-276

[3] Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “aur³”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 12-13

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