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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/krɨβ̃

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 *kriɸmos, from *kriɸ- (“body”) (whence also Middle Irish crí) +‎ *-mos, from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”) (compare Latin corpus (“body”), Old English hrif (“belly, womb”) (modern English riff), and Sanskrit कृप् (kṛ́p, “form, shape”)).[1] Doublet of *korf.

Adjective

*krɨβ̃

  1. strong

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: creff
  • Old Cornish: crif
  • Middle Welsh: cryf

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krif-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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