Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Llọwβ̃arx

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 *Llọw (“Lleu”) +‎ *marx (“horse”).

Proper noun

*Llọwβ̃arx m

a male given name

Descendants

Old Cornish: Loumarch
Old Welsh: Loumarch, Leumarch^[1]
- Middle Welsh: Llywarch
  - Welsh: Llywarch
>? Old Welsh: Luguach [955 CE]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Jackson, K. H. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press, page 442: “The ou form is seen in OW. Loumarch (Lland. pp. 222, 223, 240), and the yw in OW Leumarch (Lland. p. 218, probably with iu spelt eu, see p. 283, n. 2)...”
^ Loth, J. (1923) La vie la plus ancienne de saint Samson: abbé-évêque de Dol‎^[1], page 57: “Luguarch mal lu pour Lugu-varch ou même Lugumarch est sûrement antérieur au IX° siècle.”
^ “Liber Landavensis”, in Liber Landavensis: digital version‎^[2], National Library of Wales, 2016, page 212: “Luguach et Brum filii Duta”

[1] Jackson, K. H. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press, page 442: “The ou form is seen in OW. Loumarch (Lland. pp. 222, 223, 240), and the yw in OW Leumarch (Lland. p. 218, probably with iu spelt eu, see p. 283, n. 2)...”

[2] Loth, J. (1923) La vie la plus ancienne de saint Samson: abbé-évêque de Dol‎^[1], page 57: “Luguarch mal lu pour Lugu-varch ou même Lugumarch est sûrement antérieur au IX° siècle.”

[3] “Liber Landavensis”, in Liber Landavensis: digital version‎^[2], National Library of Wales, 2016, page 212: “Luguach et Brum filii Duta”

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