Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llowern

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 Proto-Celtic *loɸernos.

Noun

*llowern m

fox

Descendants

Old Breton: louuern
- Middle Breton: louarn
  - Breton: louarn (“fox”), lowern, luhern
Old Cornish: louuern (“vulpes”)
- Cornish: lowarn (“fox”)
Old Welsh: louern
- Middle Welsh: llewyrn (“foxes”)
  - Welsh: llwyrn (“will o' the wisp”)

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