Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/brọdr

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

From Proto-Celtic *brātīr. The loss of the -ī- in the singular is regular.

Noun edit

*brọdr m (plural *brọder)^[1]

brother

Descendants edit

Old Breton: brotr
- Middle Breton: breuzr
  - Breton: breur
Middle Welsh: brawt
- Welsh: brawd
Cornish: broder

References edit

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 204

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