Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/büβal

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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 būbalus (“buffalo, antelope”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish búaball (“buffalo”).

Noun[edit]

*büβal m[1]

  1. buffalo
  2. drinking-horn

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Breton: bual
  • Cornish: bual
  • Middle Welsh: bual

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 148: “Lat. būbalus > LPBr. *Βüβal”
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