Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tad

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

From Proto-Celtic *tatos, of nursery/expressive origin. Compare Latin tata.

Noun

*tad m (plural *tėd)

1. father

Coordinate terms

• *mab (“son”)
• *mamm (“mother”)
• *merx (“daughter”)

Descendants

• Middle Breton: tat
  • Breton: tad (“father”), tata (“dad”)
• Old Cornish: tat (c. 1250)
  • Cornish: tas, tat
• Middle Welsh: tad
  • Welsh: tad (“father”), dada (“dad”)