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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/eβor

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 *eburos (“yew”). Cognate with Old Irish ibar (“yew”).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

*eβor m

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: yew, cow parsnip, hogweed, buckthorn
    Synonym: *ɨw (“yew”)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: heuor, euor
    • Breton: evor (“alder buckthorn”)
  • Cornish: evor (“hogweed”)
  • Middle Welsh: efwr, ewr
    • Welsh: efwr (“hogweed, cow parsnip”)

Further reading
  • Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 146
  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “evor”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 557

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*eburo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*eburo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 401
  3. Wodtko, Dagmar S. (2017–2018) “Chapter XI: Celtic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Celtic, page 1256
  4. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 160
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