Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bʉx

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

Modified from *bʉ (“cow”) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (“goat”), *hux (“pig”), *mox (“pigs”).

Noun

*bʉx m

1. cow

   Synonym: *bʉ

Descendants

• Breton: buoc’h
• Old Cornish: buch
  • Middle Cornish: bugh
    • Cornish: bugh
• Middle Welsh: buch
  • Welsh: buwch