Brittonic

Speech parts

1. Brittonic - Adjective

2. Brittonic - Proper noun

Meaning

Brittonic (comparative more Brittonic, superlative most Brittonic)

Brythonic; pertaining to the Celtic people inhabiting Britain before the Roman conquest, and to their language. [from 19th c.]

Brittonic

The group of P-Celtic languages. [from 20th c.]

Phrases with the word

Examples

But they may have heard these other names only second- or third-hand, from speakers of Brittonic or Gaulish languages, who may have used different names for the same group or groups. Source: Internet

Approximately 800 of these Latin loan-words have survived in the three modern Brittonic languages. Source: Internet

Brittonic elements found in England include bre- and bal- for hills, while some such as combe or coomb(e) for a small deep valley and tor for a hill are examples of Brittonic words that were borrowed into English. Source: Internet

Evidence Knowledge of the Brittonic languages comes from a variety of sources. Source: Internet

It has been claimed that the English system has been borrowed from Brittonic, since Welsh tag questions vary in almost exactly the same way. Source: Internet

It has characteristics that some scholars see as archaic, but others see as also being in the Brittonic languages (see Schmidt). Source: Internet

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