Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-ox
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Proto-Brythonic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *-yūs, accusative *-(y)osam, with secondary restoration of the -h- < -s- by analogy with the superlative and equative. The stress before -h- probably allowed the subsequent development to -x- before a vowel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
*-ox
- Forms the comparative of an adjective.
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Aaron Griffith, British Celtic intervocalic *s, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien, [1]