Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llaɣhaβ̃

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 *lagisamos. Equivalent to *llaɣw (“small”) +‎ *-haβ̃ (superlative suffix).

Adjective

*llaɣhaβ̃[1]

  1. superlative degree of *llaɣw (“small”): smallest, least

Descendants

  • Old Breton: leham, leiham, laham
  • Cornish: lyha
  • Middle Welsh: lleiaf
    • Welsh: lleiaf, lleia (colloquial)

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 305: “LPBr. *Laɣʾhaμ”
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