Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/angel
Proto-Brythonic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin angelus. Parallel borrowing with Old Irish aingel.
Noun edit
*angel m
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Reconstruction notes edit
The development from *ng to /j/ in the Southwestern Brythonic languages appears to be regular, although the conditions for this change have not been determined.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 509
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan (1995) “Old Irish *Tucaid, Tocad and Middle Welsh Tynghaf Tynghet Re-Examined.”, in Ériu, volume 46, page 51
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “angel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies