Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uβ̃ɨl

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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uβ̃ɨl

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 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

1. humble

Descendants

• Middle Breton: uuel, vuhel
  • Breton: uvel
• Old Cornish: huuel
  • Cornish: uvel
• Middle Welsh: ufyl
  • Welsh: ufyl, ufyll

References

1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 147