Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/son

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 sonus.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish son (“sound”).[2]

Noun

*son m

  1. sound

Descendants

  • Breton: son, soun
  • Middle Cornish: son
  • Middle Welsh: son, sson

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Lewis, Henry; Pedersen, Holger (1989), A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 104
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