Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pal

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; possibly either borrowed from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”),^[1] or inherited from Proto-Celtic *kʷalos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel(h₁)- (“to turn”).^[2]^[3]

Noun

*pal m

shovel, spade

Derived terms

Descendants

Breton: pal, bal
Cornish: pal
Middle Welsh: pal
- Welsh: pal

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 83
^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “pelechi”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 129
^ Koch, John (2004) “dig (*kʷal-e/o-)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 83

[2] Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “pelechi”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 129

[3] Koch, John (2004) “dig (*kʷal-e/o-)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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