Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llug

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 Proto-Celtic *lukūts.

Noun

*llug f (plural *llugod)

mouse

Descendants

Old Breton: loc
Middle Welsh: llyg
- Welsh: llyg (“shrew”)

Usage notes

In the modern Brythonic languages the typical terms for "mouse" descend from *llugodenn, a singulative reformed from the plural *llugod.

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN