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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/selsig

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 Late Latin (farta) salsīcia (“sausage”),[1] from Latin salsus (“salty, salted”), cognate with Proto-Brythonic *haluɨn (“salt”), *heli (“brine”).

Noun

*selsig f pl (singulative *selsigenn)

  1. sausages

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: silsicq, silsig
    • Breton: silzig
  • Old Welsh: selsic

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “selsig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

References
  1. Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “selsic”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 142
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