Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llɨβr

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 librum, accusative singular of liber (“book”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish lebor (“book”).

Noun

*llɨβr m

  1. book

Descendants

  • Old Breton: libr
  • Middle Cornish: lyver
  • Middle Welsh: llyuyr

Further reading

  • Williams, Robert (1865), “liver”, 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 236
  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “levr”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton‎[1] (in French), page 1037
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