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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pɨg

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 Latin pix.[1] Parallel borrowing with Irish pic (“pitch, tar”).

Noun

*pɨg f

  1. pitch, tar

Descendants
  • Old Breton: pic
  • Welsh: pyg
  • Cornish: peg

References
  1. Williams, Robert (1865) “Proto-Brythonic/pɨg”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page braich
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