Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-aβ̃

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

From earlier *-amā, forming verbal nouns from a-verbs (originally na-verbs), with the element *-mā, as abstracted from *-dīmā. See *-iβ̃.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aβ̃/

Suffix

*-aβ̃

Forms verbal nouns, originally from (n)a-verbs.

Related terms

*-iβ̃
*-oβ̃
*-ọβ̃

Descendants

Middle Breton: -aff
- Breton: -añ

References

Stefan Schumacher (2000), The Historical Morphology of the Welsh Verbal Noun, Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics IV, The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, page 134-135