Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/lliw

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Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *slih₂-wó-s, from *(s)leh₃y- +‎ *-wós.[1][2][3]

Noun

*lliw m

  1. colour

Descendants

  • Old Breton: liu, liou
    • Middle Breton: liu
  • Old Cornish: liu
    • Middle Cornish: lyw
  • Old Welsh: liu

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*liwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 242
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “liu”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 105
  3. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*līwo(s)-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, pages 68-69
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