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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin porcellus.[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (pork, piglet), both from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (pig).

Noun

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*porxell m

  1. piglet
    Synonym: *banw

Descendants

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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