Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/oβn

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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 *(ɸ)oβnus, possibly related to *ʉθ (horror). Cognate with Old Irish ómun (fear).

Noun

*oβn m[1]

  1. fear

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: oun
  • Cornish: own
  • Middle Welsh: ofuyn

Further reading

  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, pages exobnos–170
  • Koch, John (2004) “fear *obno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 118
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fowtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 353:PIE *pou-nV- > PBr. *obnus (or *omnus?) ‘fear’