Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ruɨβ̃

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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ruɨβ̃

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 rēmus.[1] Doublet of *rrọβ (“shovel, spade”), cognate with Old Irish rámae (“oar, spade”).

Noun

*ruɨβ̃ m

1. oar

Descendants

• Middle Breton: reuff, roeuff
  • Breton: roeñv
• Old Cornish: ruif
  • Cornish: rev
• Middle Welsh: rwyf
  • Welsh: rhwyf

References

1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225