Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/eskob

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 episcopus, with elision of -pi-. Whether this elision took place in Brythonic or British Latin is not immediately clear since the Romance reflexes of episcopus frequently display elision as well, however the independent borrowing from Latin to Old Irish epscop suggests that this was an internal Brythonic development.

Noun

*eskob m (plural *eskɨb)

1. (Christianity) bishop

Descendants

• Middle Breton: eskop
  • Breton: eskob
• Old Cornish: escop
  • Middle Cornish: epskop (relatinized)
    • Cornish: epskop
• Old Welsh: escop
  • Middle Welsh: esgob
    • Welsh: esgob

References

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