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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/glaw

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Jones tentatively connects the term to Sanskrit जल (jala, “water”), itself perhaps related to गलति (galati, “to drip”) and German quellen (“to well up”).[1] This is semantically appealing; however, Proto-Brythonic *g should yield a *ǵʰ in Proto-Indo-European, while the suggested cognates yield a *gʷ.

Noun

*glaw m

  1. rain

Descendants
  • Breton: glav
  • Cornish: glaw
  • Welsh: glaw

References
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 214
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