Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-adʉr

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

Borrowed from Latin -ātor.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish -atóir.

Suffix

*-adʉr

-er. Forms agent nouns from verbs.
Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.

Derived terms

Proto-Brythonic terms suffixed with *-adʉr

Descendants

Old Breton: -adur
- Middle Breton: -adur
  - Breton: -adur
Old Cornish: -adur
- Middle Cornish: -adur
  - Cornish: -ador
Old Welsh: -adur
- Middle Welsh: -adur
  - Welsh: -adur

References

de Goede, Tim (2014) de Vaan, Michiel, editors, Derivational Morphology: New Perspectives on the Italo-Celtic Hypothesis (Research master thesis)‎, Leiden University, page 31: “borrowed from L -ātor”

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[1] Goede, Tim (2014) de Vaan, Michiel, editors, Derivational Morphology: New Perspectives on the Italo-Celtic Hypothesis (Research master thesis)‎, Leiden University, page 31: “borrowed from L -ātor”