Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mab

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 earlier *mapos, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaːb/

Noun

*mab m

son

Descendants

Old Breton: map, mab
- Middle Breton: mab
  - Breton: mab
Old Cornish: mab, map
- Cornish: mab
Old Welsh: map
- Middle Welsh: map
  - Welsh: mab

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253

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