Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/selsig

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 Late Latin salsīcia (“sausage”), from Latin salsus (“salty, salted”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”), and therefore a doublet of *haluɨn (“salt”) and *heli (“brine”).

Noun

*selsig f pl (singulative *selsigenn)

sausages

Descendants

Middle Breton: silsicq, silsig
- Breton: silzig
Old Welsh: selsic
- Middle Welsh: selsig
  - Welsh: selsig
    - → Cornish: selsik

References

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

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