Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hux

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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 Proto-Celtic *sukkos.[1][2][3][4] Doublet of *sux (“plowshare”).

Noun

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*hux m

  1. pig
    Synonym: *mox pl (“pigs”)

Descendants

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  • Old Breton: hoch
  • Old Cornish: hoch
  • Welsh: hwch
  • →? Old English: hogg (“hog”)[3] (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1884) “soc”, in Keltoromanisches, die keltischen etymologieen im etymologischen worterbuch der romanischen sprachen von F. Diez (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer, page 112: “kelt. *sŭccos”
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “sū̆-s, suu̯-ós”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1038
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*sū́s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 425: “Celtic < *sukko-”
  4. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158
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