List of English words of Brittonic origin

Few English words are definitively known to come directly from Brittonic, the language of the Celtic inhabitants of Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. Words of Celtic origin have entered the English language by a number of different pathways, and some have been attributed to Brittonic as well as its descendants or other Celtic languages.

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List of English words of Brittonic origin

Few English words are definitively known to come directly from Brittonic, the language of the Celtic inhabitants of Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. Words of Celtic origin have entered the English language by a number of different pathways, and some have been attributed to Brittonic as well as its descendants or other Celtic languages.

Source: Wikipedia "List of English words of Brittonic origin" · CC BY-SA 4.0

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