Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/paruɨd

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin parēs (wall).[1][2]

Noun

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*paruɨd f

  1. wall

Descendants

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  • Old Cornish: poruit
  • Middle Welsh: parwyt, paraet, paret

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 216:Lat. parietem ‘wall’ > VLat. *parētem (Grandgent 1907: 62) > PBr. *Parēd
  2. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “poruit”, 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 292