Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/brėx

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 Latin bracchium.^[1] Parallel borrowing with Irish brac (“arm”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbre̝ːx/

Noun

*brėx m

(anatomy) arm

Descendants

Middle Breton: brech
- Breton: brec'h
Old Cornish: brech
- Middle Cornish: bregh
  - Cornish: bregh
Middle Welsh: breich
- Welsh: braich

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braich”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

[2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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