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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/egluɨs

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 eclēsia, from Latin ecclēsia.[1][2][3] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish eclais (“church”).

Noun

*egluɨs f (plural *egluɨsow)

  1. (Christianity) church

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: ylis (influenced by (Old) French eglise[4])
    • Breton: iliz
  • Old Cornish: eglos
  • Old Welsh: eccluys
  • → English: Eccles

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 217
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eglwys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. James, Alan G. (2020) The Brittonic Language in the Old North - A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence‎, The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, pages 126-130
  4. Deshayes, Albert (2003) Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, page 342
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