Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tɨβ̃uɨl

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

From earlier Proto-Brythonic *temēl(os), from Proto-Celtic *temeslos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɨˈβ̃uɨ̯l/

Noun

*tɨβ̃uɨl m

1. darkness

Descendants

• Old Breton: temoel
  • Middle Breton: teffal
    • Breton: teñval
• Old Cornish: tiwoulgou
  • Middle Cornish: teul, tevle
    • Cornish: tewl, tewal
• Old Welsh: timuil
  • Welsh: tywyll

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 378
• Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 221