Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/büβal

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 būbalus (buffalo, antelope). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish búaball (buffalo).

Noun edit

*büβal m[1]

  1. buffalo
  2. drinking-horn

Descendants edit

  • Middle Breton: bual
  • Cornish: bual
  • Middle Welsh: bual

References edit

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 148:Lat. būbalus > LPBr. *Βüβal