Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hux

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 Proto-Celtic *sukkos.[1][2][3][4] Doublet of *sux (“plowshare”).

Noun

*hux m

pig
Synonym: *mox pl (“pigs”)

Descendants

Old Breton: hoch
- Middle Breton: hoc’h, houc’h
  - Breton: soc’h
Old Cornish: hoch
- Cornish: hogh
Welsh: hwch
→? Old English: hogg (“hog”)[3] (see there for further descendants)

References

Thurneysen, Rudolf (1884), “soc”, in Keltoromanisches, die keltischen etymologieen im etymologischen worterbuch der romanischen sprachen von F. Diez (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer, page 112: “kelt. *sŭccos”
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “sū̆-s, suu̯-ós”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1038
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*sū́s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 425: “Celtic < *sukko-”
Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158

[1] Thurneysen, Rudolf (1884), “soc”, in Keltoromanisches, die keltischen etymologieen im etymologischen worterbuch der romanischen sprachen von F. Diez (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer, page 112: “kelt. *sŭccos”

[IEW-2] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “sū̆-s, suu̯-ós”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1038

[EIEC-3] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*sū́s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 425: “Celtic < *sukko-”

[4] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158