Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llaɨθ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; from earlier *llaɣθ, possibly either borrowed from Latin lacte, lac (“milk”),[1] or inherited from Proto-Celtic *laxtos.[2] Parallel borrowing or cognate with Old Irish lacht (“milk”).

Noun[edit]

*llaɨθ m

  1. milk

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Breton: laed
  • Old Cornish: lait
  • Middle Welsh: llaeth

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 61
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “milk *laxto- (or LW < Lat.?)”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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