Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hüβol

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 *hwiβol, borrowed from Vulgar Latin fĭbula, from Latin fībula (“clasp, buckle, fetter”).[1][2][3] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish sibal, siball (“clasp, buckle”).

Noun

*hüβol ?[2]

fetter, shackle, bonds

Alternative reconstructions

*füβol (restored f-[2])

Descendants

Middle Breton: hual
- Breton: hual, fuul
Old Welsh: fual
- Middle Welsh: hual
  - Welsh: hual, (obsolete) fuul

References

Williams, Robert (1865), “fu”, 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 154
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123; 128; 147; 160: “PBr. *hu̯ĭβula [..] > *hu̯ĭβol > (a- affection, apocope) *hüβol (*u̯i > *ü) > *hüol [..] > *hüal”
Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “fual”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 59

[1] Williams, Robert (1865), “fu”, 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 154

[Schrijver-2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123; 128; 147; 160: “PBr. *hu̯ĭβula [..] > *hu̯ĭβol > (a- affection, apocope) *hüβol (*u̯i > *ü) > *hüol [..] > *hüal”

[3] Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “fual”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 59