Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/porxell

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 Late Latin porcellus, diminutive of Latin porcus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Compare Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos from the same root.

Noun

*porxell m

piglet

Descendants

Old Breton: porchill
- Middle Breton: porchell
  - Breton: porc'hell
Old Cornish: porchel
- Middle Cornish: porchel, porhel
  - Cornish: porghel, porhel
Middle Welsh: porchell
- Welsh: porchell

Related terms

*mox (“pigs”)

References

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