Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-adʉr

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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-adʉr

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 -ātor.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish -atóir.

Suffix

*-adʉr

1. -er. Forms agent nouns from verbs.
2. Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.

Derived terms

Proto-Brythonic terms suffixed with *-adʉr

Descendants

• Old Breton: -adur
  • Middle Breton: -adur
    • Breton: -adur
• Old Cornish: -adur
  • Middle Cornish: -adur
    • Cornish: -ador
• Old Welsh: -adur
  • Middle Welsh: -adur
    • Welsh: -adur

Further reading

• Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 433; 435; 446
• Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “-adur”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 5

References

1. de Goede, Tim (2014), de Vaan, Michiel, editors, Derivational Morphology: New Perspectives on the Italo-Celtic Hypothesis (Research master thesis)‎, Leiden University, page 31: “borrowed from L -ātor”