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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/son

 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 sonus.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish son (“sound”).[2]

Noun

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*son m

  1. sound

Descendants

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  • Breton: son, soun
  • Middle Cornish: son
  • Middle Welsh: swn, son

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
  2. ^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 104
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