Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-ox

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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

From Proto-Celtic *-yūs, accusative *-(y)osam, with secondary restoration of the -h- < -s- by analogy with the superlative and equative. The stress before -h- probably allowed the subsequent development to -x- before a vowel.

Pronunciation

Adjective

*-ox

  1. Forms the comparative of an adjective.

Descendants

  • Breton: -oc'h
  • Middle Welsh: -ach

See also

References

  • Aaron Griffith, British Celtic intervocalic *s, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien,