Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/korruɨ

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

Etymology

Disputed; possibly either:

• borrowed from Latin corrigia, conrigia (“shoe-string; whip-lash, rein”), perhaps through Vulgar Latin *correia, if not itself borrowed from Celtic;
• or inherited from Proto-Celtic *kom-ɸro-rig-ā, from *kom- (“with”) +‎ *ɸro- (“before”) +‎ *rigeti (“to bind”) +‎ *-ā.

Noun

*korruɨ f

1. thong, lace

Descendants

• Middle Breton: *correu (plural), correenn (singulative)
• Old Welsh: corruui
  • Middle Welsh: carryeu, carreieu, carrei, carei
    • Welsh: carrai