Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llɨβr

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 Vulgar Latin lĭbrum, from Latin lībrum, accusative singular of līber (“book”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish lebor (“book”).

Noun

*llɨβr m

1. book

Descendants

• Old Breton: libr
  • Middle Breton: leor
    • Breton: levr
• Middle Cornish: lyver
  • Cornish: lyver
• Middle Welsh: llyuyr
  • Welsh: llyfr

Further reading

• Williams, Robert (1865) “liver”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page 236
• Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “levr”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1037