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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/haβ̃al

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haˈβ̃aːlˑ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *samalis.

Adjective

*haβ̃al

like, similar, resembling

Descendants

Middle Breton: hanual
- Breton: hañval
Cornish: haval
Middle Welsh: haual, haval
- Welsh: hafal

Etymology 2

From prepositional use of the above.

Preposition

*haβ̃al

like, as

Descendants

Middle Breton: evel
- Breton: evel
Cornish: avel
Middle Welsh: val, ual
- Welsh: fal, fel

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 320-321

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