Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bʉx

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Modified from *bʉ (“cow”) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (“goat”), *hux (“pig”), *mox (“pigs”).[1]

Noun

*bʉx m

cow
Synonym: *bʉ

Descendants

Breton: buoc’h
Old Cornish: buch
- Middle Cornish: bugh
  - Cornish: bugh
Middle Welsh: buch
- Welsh: buwch

References

Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “buch”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19

[1] Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “buch”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19