Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mab

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 earlier *mapos, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːb/

Noun

*mab m (plural *mėb)

  1. son

Descendants

  • Old Breton: map, mab
    • Middle Breton: mab
  • Old Cornish: mab, map
  • Old Welsh: map

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
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