Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-oβ̃

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 edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *-omā, from the thematic present vowel + *-mā as abstracted from *-dīmā. See *-iβ̃.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

*-oβ̃

  1. Forms verbal nouns, originally from thematic present verbs.

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

*-omā was secondarily lengthened to *-ʉ̄mā in West Brythonic, based on the long vowels of *-īma, *-āmā.

  • West Brythonic: *-üβ̃
    • Middle Welsh: -u
  • Old Breton: -om

References edit

  • Stefan Schumacher (2000), The Historical Morphology of the Welsh Verbal Noun, Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics IV, The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, page 135-136