Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/diaβul

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 diabolus. Parallel borrowing with Old Irish díabul (“devil”).

    Noun

    *diaβul m

    1. (Christianity) devil

    Descendants

    • Middle Breton: diaoul
      • Breton: diaoul
    • Cornish: dyowl, dyaul, jawl
    • Old Welsh: diaul

    Further reading

    • Williams, Robert (1865), “diawl”, 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., page 102
    • Lewis, Henry; Pedersen, Holger (1989), A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 88, 106-107
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