Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pobl

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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 Vulgar Latin poplus, from Latin populus.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish popul (people).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*pobl f

  1. (countable) people

Descendants

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  • Old Breton: *popl (in compound)
  • Old Cornish: popel
  • Middle Welsh: pobyl
  • Old Irish: popul

References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pobl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “popul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language