Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dol

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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Uncertain; possibly inherited from Proto-Celtic *dolā, cognate with Proto-Germanic *dalą, *dōljō (valley),[1][2] though perhaps instead borrowed from Germanic, compare Irish dail (field, meadow), itself borrowed from Old Norse dalr (meadow, dale).

Noun

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*dol f

  1. meadow, dale

Descendants

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  • Breton: *dol (found in placenames)
  • Middle Welsh: dol
  • Cornish: *dol (found in placenames)

Further reading

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  • Williams, Robert (1865) “DOL”, 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 107

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dolā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “valley *dolā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 375