Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mamm

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 *mammā. Compare Latin mamma.

Noun

*mamm f

mother, as used by a child

Coordinate terms

*mab (“son”)
*tad (“father”)
*merx (“daughter”)

Descendants

Middle Breton: mamm
- Breton: mamm
Old Cornish: mam
- Middle Cornish: mam
  - Cornish: mamm
Middle Welsh: mam
- Welsh: mam

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