Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-haβ̃

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *-(i)samos, with secondary restoration of the -h- from adjectives where -s- was not intervocalic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haβ̃/

Adjective

*-haβ̃

Forms the superlative of an adjective.

Descendants

Middle Welsh: -af
- Welsh: -af
Breton: -añ

References

Aaron Griffith, British Celtic intervocalic *s, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien,

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