Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dol

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

Uncertain; possibly inherited from Proto-Celtic *dolā, cognate with Proto-Germanic *dalą, *dōljō (“valley”),^[1]^[2] though perhaps instead borrowed from Germanic, compare Irish dail (“field, meadow”), itself borrowed from Old Norse dalr (“meadow, dale”).

Noun

*dol f

meadow, dale

Descendants

Breton: *dol (found in placenames)
Middle Welsh: dol
- Welsh: dôl
  - ⇒ Welsh: Blaenydhôl
  - ⇒ Welsh: Dolgarrog
Cornish: *dol (found in placenames)
- ⇒ Cornish: Dollywhiddens
- ⇒ Cornish: Godolphin

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dolā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
^ Koch, John (2004) “valley *dolā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 375

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dolā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103

[2] Koch, John (2004) “valley *dolā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 375

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