Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/talx

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 *talskos, from earlier *talkskos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥k-s-ḱos, from *telk- (“to thrust, strike”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *telťi (“to pound”), Lithuanian tìlkti (“to be tame”).

Noun

*talx m

1. fragment, piece

Descendants

• Old Cornish: talch (“bran”)
• Welsh: talch (“hulled grain, oatmeal; fragments”)