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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kėfɨlọg
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
Perhaps from *kėfɨl (“horse”) + *-ọg, named for the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse.[1]
Noun
*kėfɨlọg m
- woodcock
Descendants
- Middle Breton: queffelec
- Breton: kefeleg
- Middle Cornish: kyvelak
- Cornish: kevelek
- Middle Welsh: cyffylog
- Welsh: cyffylog
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyffylog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies