Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/puɨs

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 *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.[1] Parallel borrowing with Middle Irish pís (“name of a weight; pennyweight”).[2]

Noun

*puɨs m

weight

Descendants

Breton: pouez
Middle Cornish: poys, pospoos
- Cornish: poos
Middle Welsh: pwys
- Welsh: pwys

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225

[2] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language