Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kawl

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 caulis.

Noun

*kawl m

cabbage

Descendants

Middle Breton: caul, caoll pl
- Breton: kaol pl
Old Cornish: caul
- → Cornish: kowl (semi-learned)
Middle Welsh: kawl
- Welsh: cawl
  - → English: cawl

References

Jackson, K. H. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press, page 322

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 272

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cawl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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