Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/funtọn

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 fontāna, with regular raising of *o to *u before a nasal and stop.^[1] Compare Old English *funta, recorded in toponyms across Southern England,^[2] which in light of the vowel quality may be an early borrowing from Brythonic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /funˈtɔːn/

Noun

*funtọn f^[1]

spring, well, fountain

Descendants

Old Breton: funtun, funton
- Middle Breton: feunten, feunteun
  - Breton: feunteun
Old Cornish: funten
- Middle Cornish: fenton, fenten, fynten
  - Cornish: fenten
Old Welsh: finnaun, fynnaun (nn < nt by assimilation)
- Middle Welsh: fynnawn, fynhawn
  - Welsh: ffynnon

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 165: “*füntɔ̄n; *fǔntɔ̄na; PBr. *funtɔ̄na”
^ Gelling, Margaret (1977) “Latin loan-words in Old English place-names”, in Anglo-Saxon England, volume 6, pages 8-10

[Schrijver-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 165: “*füntɔ̄n; *fǔntɔ̄na; PBr. *funtɔ̄na”

[2] Gelling, Margaret (1977) “Latin loan-words in Old English place-names”, in Anglo-Saxon England, volume 6, pages 8-10

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