Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ki

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 *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiː/

Noun

*ki m (plural *kun)

dog

Derived terms

*düβrgi

Descendants

Middle Breton: ci, qui
- Breton: ki
Old Cornish: ci
- Cornish: ki, kei
Middle Welsh: ci, ki
- Welsh: ci

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 181
Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 193.