Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llowern

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 *loɸernos.

Noun

*llowern m

  1. fox

Descendants

  • Old Breton: louuern
    • Middle Breton: louarn
      • Breton: louarn (“fox”), lowern, luhern
  • Old Cornish: louuern (“vulpes”)
  • Old Welsh: louern
    • Middle Welsh: llewyrn (“foxes”)
      • Welsh: llwyrn (“will o' the wisp”)
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