Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/assow

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

Alternatives reconstructions

*assuɨ (< masc. *assouyos)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *assouyā f, *assouyos m, from *ad- (“to, at, towards”) +‎ *souyos (“left”).[1][2]

Adjective

*assow

left
Synonym: *kleð

Descendants

Middle Breton: hasou, hasaou
- Breton: so, sou, asou
Middle Welsh: asswy, aswy (< *assuɨ), asu, asseu

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 262, 297, 302
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*assowyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 262, 297, 302

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*assowyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44