Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/puɨs

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

Borrowed from Latin pēnsum (“weight”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpuɨ̯s/

Noun

*puɨs m

weight

Descendants

Breton: pouez
Middle Cornish: poys, pos
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 237

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