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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/fruɨθ

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 earlier *fruxtos,[1] borrowed Latin frūctus.[1][2][3]

Noun

*fruɨθ m

  1. fruit

Reconstruction notes

The Latin long vowel ū would ordinarily result in Proto-Brythonic *ʉ. The Brythonic reflexes require *u, which may suggest a Latin frŭctus; however, Jackson argues that the shortening of the vowel could equally have occurred in Brythonic.[1] Alternatively, the vowel quality may have been secondarily influenced by the large number of words with *uɨ (from earlier *ē).

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: froez, frouez
  • Old Cornish: fruit
    • → Cornish: frooth pl (semi-learned)
  • Middle Welsh: ffrwyth

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 405: “Br. *frŭxtos < Lat. frūctus”
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffrwyth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 226
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