Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kaɨ

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

From Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm. Cognate with Gaulish *kagyom and Old Irish caí.

Noun

*kaɨ m

1. animal pen, enclosure, field

Descendants

• Old Breton: cai
  • Middle Breton: quae
    • Breton: kae
• Cornish: ke
• Middle Welsh: kay, kae
  • Welsh: cae

References

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