Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/selsig

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

Borrowed from Late Latin (farta) salsīcia (“sausage”), from Latin salsus (“salty, salted”), cognate with Proto-Brythonic *haluɨn (“salt”), *heli (“brine”).

Noun

*selsig f pl (singulative *selsigenn)

1. sausages

Descendants

• Middle Breton: silsicq, silsig
  • Breton: silzig
• Old Welsh: selsic
  • Middle Welsh: selsig
    • Welsh: selsig
      • → Cornish: selsik

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “selsig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies