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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dexowluss

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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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From *dexow (“southern”) +‎ *lluss (“herb”).[1] Possible calque of Old English sūþernewudu (“southernwood, wormwood”).

Noun

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*dexowluss m

  1. southernwood

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: dehoules
  • Welsh: deheulys

References

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  1. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “dehoules”, 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 92
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