Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/geβ̃ell

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 gemellus (“twin”).[1] Proto-Celtic doublet with *yemonos (“twin”), whence Old Irish emon.

Noun

*geβ̃ell m

  1. twin

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: gueuell
    • Breton: gevell m, gevellez f
  • Cornish: gevel m, gevelles f
  • Middle Welsh: gefell, geuell

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 40.
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