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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/palad
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Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly either from *pal (“shovel, spade”) + *-ad, or inherited from Proto-Celtic *kʷalati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel(h₁)- (“to turn”),[1][2] compare Old Irish celtair (“spear, spear tip”).[3]
Verb
*palad
- to dig (up)
Descendants
- Breton: palat
- Cornish: palas
- Welsh: palu
Further reading
- Williams, Robert (1865), “palas”, 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 277
References
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 83
- Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “pelechi”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 129
- Koch, John (2004), “dig *kʷal-e/o-)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies