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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/maguɨr

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin măcēria, from Latin mācĕria (“wall”).[1][2][3] Parallel borrowing with Middle Irish macre (“wall trowel”).[4]

Noun

*maguɨr f

  1. wall

Descendants
  • Old Breton: macoer
  • Middle Welsh: magwyr

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 217: “PBr. *Magēr < *măkēria < Lat. mācĕria”
  2. Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 58: “W. magwyr ‘wall’ OBr. macoer (MnBr. moger) *macēria < Lat. māceria.”
  3. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 61
  4. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “macre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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