Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/assow

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This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms 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[edit]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *assouyā f, *assouyos m, from *ad- (to, at, towards) +‎ *souyos (left).[1][2]

Adjective[edit]

*assow

  1. left
    Synonym: *kleð

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Breton: hasou, hasaou
  • Middle Welsh: asswy, aswy (< *assuɨ), asu, asseu

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 262, 297, 302
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*assowyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44