Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/üx

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 *uxsū.[1]

Noun

*üx m (plural *uxen)[2]

  1. ox, bull
    Synonym: *ödjon

Usage notes

*ödjon (“ox”) commonly used in the singular.[3]

Descendants

  • Old Breton: ohen
    • Middle Breton: ouhen
      • Breton: oc'hen
  • Old Cornish: oghan, ohan
  • Middle Welsh: ychen sg (“ox”), ych pl
    • Welsh: ych sg, ychain pl

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uxso-, *uxson-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 401-402
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 258; 161: “PBr. *uxsū > *uxī; LPBr. *uxen”
  3. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “OH”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page 271
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