Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kömroɣ

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 earlier Brythonic *kombrogis, equivalent to *köβ̃- +‎ *broɣ (“he from an area”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɵmˈroːɣ/

Noun

*kömroɣ m (plural *kɵ̇mrüɣ)

compatriot, comrade

Derived terms

*kɵmraɣeg
*kɵmraɣes
*kɵ̇mrėɣig

Descendants

Breton: keñvroad, keñvroiz (“compatriot”)
Cumbric: *cɵmbro
- → Old English: Cumberland, Cumbraland, Cumerland
  - Middle English: Cumberlond, Cumberland, Cumbreland
    - English: Cumberland
  - Middle English: Cumbria
    - English: Cumbria
Middle Welsh: Kymry (“Wales”)
- Welsh: Cymru (“Wales”), Cymro (“Welshman”)
- → Medieval Latin: Cambria
  - → English: Cambria

References

Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 133.