Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bʉx

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

Modified from *bʉ (“cow”) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (“goat”), *hux (“pig”), *mox (“pigs”).[1]

Noun

*bʉx m

  1. cow
    Synonym: *bʉ

Descendants

  • Breton: buoc’h
  • Old Cornish: buch
  • Middle Welsh: buch

References

  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “buch”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19
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