Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ọr

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 hōra (“hour”).[1][2][3] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish úar, úair (“hour”).[4]

Noun

*ọr f}[1]

  1. hour

Descendants

  • Old Breton: or
    • Middle Breton: eur
  • Cornish: eur
  • Old Welsh: aur

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 210: “Lat. hōra > PBr. *ɔr”
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “aur¹”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 12
  3. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “our”, 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 276
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úar , úair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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