Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ėl

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

From Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe̝ːlˑ/

Adjective

Proto-Brythonic ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : *dọw     Ordinal : *ėl

*ėl

1. second, other

Descendants

• Middle Breton: eil
• Cornish: eyl
• Middle Welsh: eil
  • Welsh: ail

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 31