Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Saɨson

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 earlier *Saxsones, the regular plural of the n-stem *Saxsī. Not directly from Latin Saxōnēs, as this would instead have resulted in **Saɨsʉn.^[1]

Noun

*Saɨson m pl

plural of *Sėɨs

Descendants

Middle Breton: Saoson
- Breton: Saozon
Middle Welsh: Saesson
- Welsh: Saeson

References

^ McManus, Damian (1984) “On final syllables in the Latin loan-words in Early Irish”, in Ériu, page 152: “Thus, the nom. pl. of W[elsh] lleidr (< latrī) and Sais (< Saxī) are lladron and Saeson which derive regularly from Brit. *latrones and *Saxones respectively, both with short o.... they are quite distinct from Lat. latrōnes and Saxōnes, which would have yielded *lladrun and *Saesun.”

[1] McManus, Damian (1984) “On final syllables in the Latin loan-words in Early Irish”, in Ériu, page 152: “Thus, the nom. pl. of W[elsh] lleidr (< latrī) and Sais (< Saxī) are lladron and Saeson which derive regularly from Brit. *latrones and *Saxones respectively, both with short o.... they are quite distinct from Lat. latrōnes and Saxōnes, which would have yielded *lladrun and *Saesun.”

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