Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/taradr

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

From Proto-Celtic *taratrom, from pre-Celtic *terh₁tro-. Cognate with Ancient Greek τέρετρον (téretron, “borer”), Latin terebra (“borer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈradr̩/

Noun

*taradr m (plural *tėrėdr)

1. auger, borer, drill

Descendants

• Middle Breton: tarazr, talazr
  • Breton: tarar
• Cornish: tardar
• Old Welsh: tarater
  • Welsh: taradr

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 370