Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/awV-

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. The exact form cannot be reconstructed with certainty. The Brythonic terms suggest a form beginning *awoi- or *awou-, but no connections outside Celtic can be established; possibly from a lost substrate.

Noun edit

*awV- m or f

  1. liver

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aβʉ
    • Middle Breton: auu
    • Old Cornish: avi
    • Middle Welsh: auu
  • Old Irish: óa

References edit