Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-aβ̃

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

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Etymology

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From earlier *-amā, forming verbal nouns from a-verbs (originally na-verbs), with the element *-mā, as abstracted from *-dīmā. See *-iβ̃.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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*-aβ̃

  1. Forms verbal nouns, originally from (n)a-verbs.
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Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: -aff

References

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  • 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 134-135