< Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic
Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llowen
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *lowenos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“gain, benefit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l͈oˈweːn/
Adjective
*llowen
- merry, cheerful, joyful
Descendants
- Middle Breton: louen
- Breton: laouen
- Old Cornish: louen
- Middle Cornish: lowen
- Cornish: lowen
- Middle Cornish: lowen
- Middle Welsh: llawen
- Welsh: llawen
References
Zair, Nicholas (2012), “Schrijver’s rules for British and Proto-Celtic *-ou̯- and *-uu̯- before a vowel”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European, page 152
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 337
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llawen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies