Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kawl

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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

Borrowed from Latin caulis.[1][2][3] Parallel borrowing with Irish cóilis (cabbage).[4]

Noun

*kawl m

  1. cabbage

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: caul pl, caoll pl
  • Old Cornish: caul
    • Cornish: kowl (semi-learned)
  • Middle Welsh: kawl

References

  1. ^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 322
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 272
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cawl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóilis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language