Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llaɨθ

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

Uncertain; from earlier *llaɣθ, possibly either borrowed from Latin lacte, lac (“milk”),^[1] or inherited from Proto-Celtic *laxtos.^[2] Parallel borrowing or cognate with Old Irish lacht (“milk”).

Noun

*llaɨθ m

milk

Descendants

Old Breton: laed
- Middle Breton: laez
  - Breton: laezh
Old Cornish: lait
- Middle Cornish: leth, leyth
  - Cornish: leth
Middle Welsh: llaeth
- Welsh: llaeth

References

^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 61
^ Koch, John (2004) “milk *laxto- (or LW < Lat.?)”, 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 61

[2] Koch, John (2004) “milk *laxto- (or LW < Lat.?)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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