Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/porxell

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

Borrowed from Late Latin porcellus.[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pork, piglet”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“pig”).

Noun

*porxell m

piglet
Synonym: *banw

Descendants

Old Breton: porchill
- Middle Breton: porchell
  - Breton: porc'hell
Old Cornish: porchel
- Middle Cornish: porchel, porhel
  - Cornish: porghel, porhel
Middle Welsh: porchell
- Welsh: porchell

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “porchell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Williams, Robert (1865) “porchel”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 291

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[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “porchell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Williams, Robert (1865) “porchel”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 291