Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mehalx

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

Unknown. Matasović concludes it as a loanword from a Northwestern European language.[1] Cognate with Latin merula and Proto-Germanic *amslǭ.

Noun

*mehalx f

  1. blackbird

Alternative reconstructions

  • *muɨalx (late Proto-Brythonic)

Descendants

  • Old Breton: moualch
    • Breton: moualc'h
  • Old Cornish: moelh
  • Welsh: mwyalch, mwyeilch

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mesal-kā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
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