Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mab

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 earlier *mapos, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːb/

Noun

*mab m (plural *mėb)

1. son

Descendants

• Old Breton: map, mab
  • Middle Breton: mab
    • Breton: mab
• Old Cornish: mab, map
  • Cornish: mab
• Old Welsh: map
  • Middle Welsh: map
    • Welsh: mab

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253