Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pal

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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]

Uncertain; possibly either borrowed from Latin pāla (shovel, spade),[1] or inherited from Proto-Celtic *kʷalos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel(h₁)- (to turn).[2][3]

Noun[edit]

*pal m

  1. shovel, spade

Derived terms[edit]

  • *palad
  • *paladr
  • *palọg
    • Old Welsh: pelechi

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 83
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “pelechi”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 129
  3. ^ Koch, John (2004) “dig (*kʷal-e/o-)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies