Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rruɨβ̃

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 rēmus. Doublet of *rrọβ (“shovel, spade”), cognate with Old Irish rámae (“oar, spade”).

Noun

*rruɨβ̃ m

1. oar

Descendants

• Middle Breton: reuff, roeuff
  • Breton: roeñv
• Old Cornish: ruif
  • Cornish: rev
• Middle Welsh: rwyf
  • Welsh: rhwyf