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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/talx

 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

From Proto-Celtic *talskos, from earlier *talkskos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥k-s-ḱos, from *telk- (“to thrust, strike”)[1]. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *telťi (“to pound”), Lithuanian tìlkti (“to be tame”).

Noun edit

*talx m

  1. fragment, piece

Descendants edit

  • Old Cornish: talch (“bran”)
  • Welsh: talch (“hulled grain, oatmeal; fragments”)

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
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