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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/profuɨd

 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin prophēta (“prophet”).[1]

Noun

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*profuɨd m

  1. prophet

Descendants

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  • Breton: profed
  • Cornish: profus, profuit
  • Welsh: proffwyd

Further reading

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  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “profed”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1311
  • Williams, Robert (1865) “profus”, 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 295

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 217
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