< Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic
Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uβ̃ɨl
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin humilis,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth; human”), whence related Proto-Brythonic *dün (“person”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish umal (“humble”).
Adjective
*uβ̃ɨl
- humble
Descendants
- Middle Breton: uuel, vuhel
- Breton: uvel
- Old Cornish: huuel
- Cornish: uvel
- Middle Welsh: ufyl
- Welsh: ufyl, ufyll
References
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 147