Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/drėg
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Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From Early Brythonic *dragī, from earlier *drakü, borrowed from Latin dracō (“dragon”). Later reborrowed into Celtic via Middle English dragoun.
Noun
*drėg f
Descendants
References
- ^ McCone, Kim (1996) Towards a relative chronology of ancient and medieval Celtic sound change, Maynooth: Dept. of Old Irish, St. Patrick's College, →ISBN, page 155: “MW dreic 'dragon' < *dragī (< *drakü ?)”
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1884) Keltoromanisches, die keltischen etymologieen im etymologischen worterbuch der romanischen sprachen von F. Diez (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer, page 10: “*dracî”