Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/lluss

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 *lussus.

Noun

*lluss m

1. herb

Derived terms

• *dexowluss

Descendants

• Middle Breton: lousaou pl
  • Breton: louzoù
• Old Cornish: les
  • Middle Cornish: leys sg, losow pl
    • Cornish: les sg, losow pl
• Middle Welsh: llysyeu pl
  • Welsh: llys sg, llysiau, llysau pl

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lussu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 249
• Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
• Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 110
• Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “louzaouenn”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1068
• Williams, Robert (1865) “les”, 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 234