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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kawl

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 caulis.[1][2][3] Parallel borrowing with Irish cóilis (“cabbage”).[4]

Noun

*kawl m

  1. cabbage

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: caul pl, caoll pl
    • Breton: kaol pl
  • Old Cornish: caul
    • → Cornish: kowl (semi-learned)
  • Middle Welsh: kawl

References
  1. Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 322
  2. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 272
  3. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cawl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  4. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóilis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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