Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/per
Proto-Brythonic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin pira, plural of pirum. In Vulgar Latin pira was reanalysed as a feminine singular (*pira), but the plural number of *per suggests that this is not the form that underlies the borrowing into Brythonic.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*per f pl (singulative *perenn)
Descendants
editReferences
editR. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies