Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/korruɨ

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

Disputed; possibly either:

borrowed from Latin corrigia, conrigia (“shoe-string; whip-lash, rein”),^[1] perhaps through Vulgar Latin *correia,^[2] if not itself borrowed from Celtic;
or inherited from Proto-Celtic *kom-ɸro-rig-ā, from *kom- (“with”) +‎ *ɸro- (“before”) +‎ *rigeti (“to bind”) +‎ *-ā.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Noun

*korruɨ f

thong, lace

Descendants

Middle Breton: *correu (plural), correenn (singulative)
Old Welsh: corruui
- Middle Welsh: carryeu, carreieu, carrei, carei
  - Welsh: carrai

References

^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 57: “W. carrai ‘thong’ (OW. corruui) Br. korre-enn : Lat. corrigia”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 313-316
^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “corruui”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 35: “Celtic *ko(m)-ro-eig-, which contains IE √reig- ‘bind’, or √rig- ‘stretch’, or a crossing of these stems”
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kom-riga; *rig-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 215; 311-312
^ Koch, John (2004) “chain *kom-rigo- (Irish, Breton), *kom-reigo- (Welsh)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 57: “W. carrai ‘thong’ (OW. corruui) Br. korre-enn : Lat. corrigia”

[Schrijver-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 313-316

[3] Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “corruui”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 35: “Celtic *ko(m)-ro-eig-, which contains IE √reig- ‘bind’, or √rig- ‘stretch’, or a crossing of these stems”

[4] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kom-riga; *rig-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 215; 311-312

[5] Koch, John (2004) “chain *kom-rigo- (Irish, Breton), *kom-reigo- (Welsh)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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