Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/brọdr

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

From Proto-Celtic *brātīr. The loss of the -ī- in the singular is regular.

Noun

*brọdr m (plural *brọder)[1]

  1. brother

Descendants

  • Old Breton: brotr
    • Middle Breton: breuzr
  • Old Welsh: braut
  • Cornish: broder

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 204.
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