Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ọr

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 Latin hōra (“hour”).^[1]^[2]^[3] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish úar, úair (“hour”).^[4]

Noun

*ọr f}^[1]

hour

Descendants

Old Breton: or
- Middle Breton: eur
  - Breton: eur
Cornish: our
Old Welsh: aur
- Middle Welsh: awr
  - Welsh: awr

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 210: “Lat. hōra > PBr. *ɔr”
^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “aur¹”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 12
^ Williams, Robert (1865) “our”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 276
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úar , úair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Schrijver-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 210: “Lat. hōra > PBr. *ɔr”

[2] Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “aur¹”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 12

[3] Williams, Robert (1865) “our”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 276

[4] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úar , úair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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