Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/haluɨn

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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 *salēnos, a derivative or alternate form of Proto-Celtic *salanos, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”). Doublet of *heli (“brine”) and *selsig (“sausages”).

Noun

*haluɨn m

  1. salt

Derived terms

  • *hoalɨn (metathesis of *u)
    • Middle Breton: hoalen, holen
    • >? Middle Cornish: holan

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 216
  2. ^ Halwyn is attested in the Book of Taliesin, and might therefore represent the Old Welsh form (Schrijver 1995, page 218).

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “halen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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