Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/haβ̃al

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈβ̃aːlˑ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *samalis.

Adjective

*haβ̃al

1. like, similar, resembling

Descendants

• Middle Breton: hanual
  • Breton: hañval
• Cornish: haval
• Middle Welsh: haual, haval
  • Welsh: hafal

Etymology 2

From prepositional use of the above.

Preposition

*haβ̃al

1. like, as

Descendants

• Middle Breton: evel
  • Breton: evel
• Cornish: avel
• Middle Welsh: val, ual
  • Welsh: fal, fel

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 320-321