Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/skʉbọr

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

Alternative reconstructions

• ɨskʉbọr

Etymology

From British Latin *scōpārium, from scōpa (“branch, sheaf”).

Noun

*skʉbọr m

1. barn

Descendants

• Middle Breton: *squiber (attested in the place name Squiber Nevez)
  • Breton: skiber
• Middle Cornish: skyber
• Old Welsh: scipaur
  • Middle Welsh: yscubawr
    • Welsh: ysgubor, sgubor
    • → Irish: scioból

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sciból”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• O’Rahilly, Thomas F. (1936) The Goidels and their predecessors: The Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture 1935 (Proceedings of the British Academy), volume XXI, British Academy, page 4
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgubor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies