Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pobl

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin poplus, from Latin populus.^[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish popul (“people”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpobl/

Noun

*pobl f

(countable) people

Descendants

Old Breton: *popl (in compound)
- Middle Breton: pobl
  - Breton: pobl
Old Cornish: popel
- Middle Cornish: pobel, pobyl
  - Cornish: pobel
Middle Welsh: pobyl
- Welsh: pobl
→ Old Irish: popul
- Middle Irish: popul
  - Irish: pobal
  - Manx: pobble
  - Scottish Gaelic: poball

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pobl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “popul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pobl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “popul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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