Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/suɨβ̃

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 Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease”).^[1] Parallel borrowing with Irish saim (“lard”), Cornish seym, and Welsh saim,^[2] all through Old French saim (“fat”).

Noun

*suɨβ̃ f

grease

Descendants

Middle Breton: soaff, soa
- Breton: soav
Middle Cornish: soa
- Cornish: soov
Middle Welsh: swyf
- Welsh: swyf

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 222
^ Williams, Robert (1865) “321”, 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 syem

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 222

[2] Williams, Robert (1865) “321”, 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 syem

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