Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hux

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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 *sukkos.[1][2][3][4] Doublet of *sux (plowshare).

Noun

*hux m

  1. pig
    Synonym: *mox pl (pigs)

Descendants

  • Old Breton: hoch
  • Old Cornish: hoch
  • Welsh: hwch
  • ? Old English: hogg (hog)[3] (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1884) “soc”, in Keltoromanisches, die keltischen etymologieen im etymologischen worterbuch der romanischen sprachen von F. Diez (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer, page 112:kelt. *sŭccos
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “sū̆-s, suu̯-ós”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1038
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*sū́s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 425:Celtic < *sukko-
  4. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158