Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/eβengɨl

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 Latin evangelium (“gospel”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “bringing good news”), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”), equivalent to *hu- (“good”) +‎ *angel (“angel, messenger (of God)”). Old Irish adopted the calque soiscélae, from so- (“good”) +‎ scél (“news”).

Noun

*eβengɨl m

1. (Christianity) gospel

Related terms

• *angel
• *arxangel

Descendants

• Breton: aviel
• Old Cornish: aweil
  • Middle Cornish: awayl
    • Cornish: aweyl
• Middle Welsh: euegyl, *efengyll
  • Welsh: efengyl, efangel, efangyl

Further reading

• Williams, Robert (1865) “awayl”, 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 397
• Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “aviel”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 106