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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-adʉr

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin -ātor.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish -atóir.

Suffix

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*-adʉr

  1. -er. Forms agent nouns from verbs.
  2. Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Breton: -adur
  • Old Cornish: -adur
  • Old Welsh: -adur

Further reading

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  • Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 433; 435; 446
  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “-adur”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 5

References

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  1. ^ de Goede, Tim (2014) de Vaan, Michiel, editors, Derivational Morphology: New Perspectives on the Italo-Celtic Hypothesis (Research master thesis)[1], Leiden University, page 31:borrowed from L -ātor