Proto-Celtic

Proper noun

Meaning

Proto-Celtic

The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

Common Celtic

Examples

Studia Celtica 14/15 (1979–80), pp.106–113 Professor Alan Ward derives it from the Proto-Celtic *embibolgon, "budding". Source: Internet

DIL p. 507. This can be reconstructed in Proto-Celtic as *Moro-rīganī-s. Source: Internet

In the P/Q classification schema, the first language to split off from Proto-Celtic was Gaelic. Source: Internet

Retrieved 7 January 2006 However, Breton and Cornish are Brythonic languages in which Proto-Celtic *k did undergo systematic sound changes into -gh- and -ch-. Source: Internet

The regular consonantal sound changes from Proto-Celtic to Welsh, Cornish and Breton are summarised in the following table. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

proto-calcium Proto-Canaanite Proto-Canaanite alphabet Proto-Central Algonquian Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian