Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Körnɨw
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Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
Consistent with derivation from Proto-Celtic *Kornowī with final and internal i-affection, i.e. *Kornowī > *Kornɨwī > *Körnɨw.[1][2] This would imply an earlier place name *Kornowī (“people of the horn”), which can possibly be inferred from the Ravenna Cosmography; see Cornovii, Cornovii (Cornwall), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).[3]
A fossilized genitive of this form may be found in Middle Welsh Corneu < *Kornowyās.[2]
Proper noun
*Körnɨw f
- Cornwall, a territory of the Dumnonian kingdom and subsequently a county of England.
- Cornouaille, a historical region of Brittany.
Descendants
- Middle Breton: Querne, Querneau
- Middle Cornish: Kernow
- Cornish: Kernow
- Middle Welsh: Kernyw
- Welsh: Cernyw
- →⇒ Old English: Cornwealas
- Middle English: Cornwaile
- English: Cornwall
- → Old French: Cornouaille
- French: Cornouaille
- Middle English: Cornwaile
- → Medieval Latin: Cornubia
See also
- *Düβnėnt (“Devon”)
References
- ^ Jackson, K. H. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press, pages 376-378
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 297-298
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Cornwall”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.