Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-adʉr
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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 Latin -ātor.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish -atóir.
Suffix
*-adʉr
- -er. Forms agent nouns from verbs.
- Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 433; 435; 446
- Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “-adur”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 5
References
- ^ de Goede, Tim (2014) de Vaan, Michiel, editors, Derivational Morphology: New Perspectives on the Italo-Celtic Hypothesis (Research master thesis), Leiden University, page 31: “borrowed from L -ātor”