Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Nọdọlɨg

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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Nọdọlɨg

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

Borrowed from Latin nātālicius, nātālicia (“birthday”).[1] Doublet of *Nadọlɨg. Parallel borrowing with Old Irish Notlaic (“Christmas”).

Proper noun

*Nọdọlɨg m

1. Christmas

   Synonym: *Nadọlɨg

Descendants

• Old Breton: Notolic
  • Middle Breton: Nedelec
    • Breton: Nedeleg
• Middle Cornish: Nedelic
• Middle Welsh: Nodolyc, Nodolic

See also

• *Stuɨll (“Epiphany”)
• *Ɨnɨd (“Shrovetide”)
• *Karaɣuɨs (“Lent”)
• *Pask (“Easter”)

References

1. Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, pages 289-290

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Nodolig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies