Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rag

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 Proto-Celtic *ɸrākom, from some derivative *prō-ko- from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“before”).

Preposition

*rag (conjugated stem *rrọgð-)

  1. before, in front of

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: rac
  • Middle Cornish: rag
  • Middle Welsh: rac

Further reading

  • Schumacher, Stefan (2022), “The Development of Proto-Celtic *au in British Celtic”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, and Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN, pages 196–198
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