Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/funtọn

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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 Late Latin fontāna, with regular raising of *o to *u before a nasal and stop.[1] Compare Old English *funta, recorded in toponyms across Southern England,[2] which in light of the vowel quality may be an early borrowing from Brythonic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*funtọn f[1]

  1. spring, well, fountain

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 165: “*füntɔ̄n; *fǔntɔ̄na; PBr. *funtɔ̄na”
  2. ^ Gelling, Margaret (1977) “Latin loan-words in Old English place-names”, in Anglo-Saxon England, volume 6, pages 8-10
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