Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llaɣhaβ̃
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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 *lagisamos. Equivalent to *llaɣw (“small”) + *-haβ̃ (superlative suffix).
Adjective
*llaɣhaβ̃[1]
- superlative degree of *llaɣw (“small”): smallest, least
Descendants
- Old Breton: leham, leiham, laham
- Cornish: lyha
- Middle Welsh: lleiaf
- Welsh: lleiaf, lleia (colloquial)
References
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 305: “LPBr. *Laɣʾhaμ”