Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/aβʉ

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 *awV-. Cognate with Middle Irish áe.

Noun

*aβʉ m or f

  1. liver

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: auu
  • Old Cornish: avi
  • Middle Welsh: auu

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*awV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
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