Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mamm

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 *mammā. Compare Latin mamma.

Noun

*mamm f

1. mother, as used by a child

Coordinate terms

• *mab (“son”)
• *tad (“father”)
• *merx (“daughter”)

Descendants

• Middle Breton: mamm
  • Breton: mamm
• Old Cornish: mam
  • Middle Cornish: mam
    • Cornish: mamm
• Middle Welsh: mam
  • Welsh: mam