Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pluɨβ

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin plēbēs (common people).[1]

Noun

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*pluɨβ m

  1. countryside, parish
  2. common people, parishioners

Descendants

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  • Breton: ploue
  • Cornish: pluw
  • Middle Welsh: plwyf

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 225