Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dexouluss

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

From *dexow (“southern”) +‎ *lluss (“herb”).[1] Possible calque of Old English sūþernewudu (“southernwood, wormwood”).

Noun

*dexouluss m

southernwood

Descendants

Middle Breton: dehoules
Welsh: deheulys

References

Williams, Robert (1865), “dehoules”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 92

[1] Williams, Robert (1865), “dehoules”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 92