Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/klọr

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

From Proto-Celtic *klāros, likely cognate with Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to lay out”), from *kelh₂- (“to hit, cut down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔːrˑ/

Noun

*klọr m

1. board, cover, plank

Descendants

• Breton: kleur
• Old Welsh: claur
  • Welsh: clawr

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 206-207