Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bʉal

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

Borrowed from Latin būbalus (“buffalo, antelope”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish búaball (“buffalo”).

Noun

*bʉal m

1. buffalo
2. drinking-horn

Descendants

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