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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/haβ̃al
Proto-Brythonic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haˈβ̃aːlˑ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *samalos.
Adjective
*haβ̃al
- like, similar, resembling
Descendants
- Middle Breton: hanual
- Breton: hañval
- Cornish: haval
- Middle Welsh: haual, haval
- Welsh: hafal
Etymology 2
From prepositional use of the above.
Preposition
*haβ̃al
- like, as
Descendants
- Middle Breton: evel
- Breton: evel
- Cornish: avel
- Middle Welsh: val, ual
- Welsh: fal, fel
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 320-321