Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/axọs

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin occāsiō (“occasion, opportunity”).^[1]^[2] Parallel borrowing with Cornish acheson (“occasion, reason”), Old Irish accuis (“cause, reason”).^[3]

Noun edit

*axọs m

occasion, reason

Descendants edit

Middle Welsh: achaws
- Welsh: achos

References edit

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 196: “Lat. occāsiō > PBr. *akkɔ̄^ǀsi̯ū > *axɔ^ǀs”
^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 57: “Olr. accuiss ‘cause’ W. achos : Lat. occāsio”
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “accais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 196: “Lat. occāsiō > PBr. *akkɔ̄^ǀsi̯ū > *axɔ^ǀs”

[2] Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 57: “Olr. accuiss ‘cause’ W. achos : Lat. occāsio”

[3] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “accais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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