Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uβ̃ɨl

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 humilis,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth; human”), whence related Proto-Brythonic *dün (“person”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish umal (“humble”).

Adjective

*uβ̃ɨl

  1. humble

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: uuel, vuhel
  • Old Cornish: huuel
    • Cornish: uvel, huvel
  • Old Welsh: humil
    • Middle Welsh: uwyl, uffyl
      • Welsh: ufyll (with ll from ufylltod), hufyll (with h reimported from Latin)

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 147.
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