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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llugad

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 *llugɨd (“to see, perceive”) (whence Welsh gorllwyn (“to see, perceive”)) +‎ *-ad, from Proto-Celtic *luketi, from Proto-Indo-European *luk-é-ti (“to shine”), from *lewk- (“to shine”) + *-éti.[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Latin lūcēs (“eyes”), Sanskrit लोचन (locana, “eye”).

Noun

*llugad[5]

  1. eye

Descendants
  • Old Breton: lagat
  • Old Cornish: lagat
  • Old Welsh: licat
    • Middle Welsh: lygat, llygat

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lowko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 245-246
  2. Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “licat”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 103
  3. Koch, John (2004) “*lukato-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 112
  4. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llygad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  5. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 166
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