Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/porxell
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin porcellus.[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pork, piglet”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“pig”).
Noun
[edit]*porxell m
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “porchell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “porchel”, 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 291