Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/egluɨs

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin eclēsia, from Latin ecclēsia.^[1]^[2]^[3] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish eclais (“church”).

Noun

*egluɨs f (plural *egluɨsow)

(Christianity) church

Descendants

Middle Breton: ylis (influenced by (Old) French eglise^[4])
- Breton: iliz
Old Cornish: eglos
- Middle Cornish: eglos, egles, eglus
  - Cornish: eglos
Old Welsh: eccluys
- Middle Welsh: eglwys, egluys
  - Welsh: eglwys
→ English: Eccles

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 217
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eglwys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ James, Alan G. (2020) The Brittonic Language in the Old North - A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence‎^[1], volume 2, The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, pages 126-130
^ Deshayes, Albert (2003) Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, page 342

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 217

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eglwys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[3] James, Alan G. (2020) The Brittonic Language in the Old North - A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence‎^[1], volume 2, The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, pages 126-130

[4] Deshayes, Albert (2003) Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, page 342

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