Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kantuɨll

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 *cantēlla, *cantēla, from Latin candēla.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish caindel.

Noun

*kantuɨll m

  1. candle
  2. light

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: cantoell
  • Old Cornish: cantuil
    • Middle Cornish: kantyll
      • Cornish: kantl
  • Middle Welsh: canhwyll

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 236
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