Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/awr

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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]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin aurum (gold).[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish ór (gold).[2][3]

Noun[edit]

*awr m

  1. gold

Descendants[edit]

  • Breton: aour
  • Old Cornish: our
  • Old Welsh: our

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 271
  2. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “our”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., pages 275-276
  3. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “aur³”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 12-13