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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/aβʉ
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *awV-. Cognate with Middle Irish áe.
Noun
*aβʉ m or f
- liver
Descendants
- Middle Breton: auu
- Breton: avu
- Old Cornish: avi
- Cornish: avi
- Middle Welsh: auu
- Welsh: afu
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*awV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 49