Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/haluɨn
Proto-Brythonic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *salēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”). Doublet of *heli (“brine”) and *selsig (“sausages”).
Noun
edit*haluɨn m
Derived terms
edit- *hoalɨn[1] (metathesis of *u)
Descendants
edit- Middle Breton: halon
- Breton: halen
- Old Cornish: haloin
- Middle Welsh: halwyn[2], halaen, halen
- Welsh: halen
References
edit- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 216
- ^ Halwyn is attested in the Book of Taliesin, and might therefore represent the Old Welsh form (Schrijver 1995, page 218).
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “halen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies