Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llüw
Proto-Brythonic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *ɸlowī. Cognate with Old Irish luí.
Noun
edit*llüw m
Descendants
edit- ⇒ Breton: lewier m (“pilot”)
- Old Cornish: leu
- Cornish: lew (“rudder”)
- Middle Welsh: llyw m (“rudder, tail, leader, pilot”)
- Welsh: llyw
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llyw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies