Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/porxell

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin porcellus.^[1]^[2] Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pork, piglet”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“pig”).

Noun edit

*porxell m

piglet
Synonym: *banw

Descendants edit

Old Breton: porchill
- Middle Breton: porchell
  - Breton: porc'hell
Old Cornish: porchel
- Middle Cornish: porchel, porhel
  - Cornish: porghel, porhel
Middle Welsh: porchell
- Welsh: porchell

References edit

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “porchell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Williams, Robert (1865) “porchel”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 291

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

[2] Williams, Robert (1865) “porchel”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 291

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