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Middle Breton: raːk, rak
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paˈlaːmur
(because)
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(belly) »
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Lexeme data
Language:
Middle Breton
Meaning:
because
Source form:
rac
Phonological form:
raːk, rak
Gloss:
because, for
Notes:
Ex.: hon trætit en mat, rac scuyz omp 'treat us well for we are tired' Qu. p. 113. Rac is often linked to the verb by the conjunction ma 'that', e.g. rac ma-z-oa homan leanes 'because she was a nun' N. 402 (Hemon 1975, 294-5)
Cognate codes:
Aa
Sources of lexical data
Source:
GIB = Hemon, Roparz. 1979–1998. Geriadur istorel ar brezhoneg / Dictionnaire historique du breton. 2. éd. Plomelin: Preder.
Pages:
2672
Reliability:
High
Source:
Hemon, Roparz. 1975: A historical morphology and syntax of Breton. Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Medieval and Modern Breton Series III).
Pages:
294-295
Reliability:
High
Source:
Dictionnaire historique Meurgorf. http://meurgorf.brezhoneg.bzh/
Reliability:
High
Cognate coding
Cognate Class Aa
Source:
LIPP (Vol. 2) = Dunkel, George E. (2014). Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme. Band 2: Lexikon. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.
Pages:
643
Reliability:
High
Comment:
The Brittonic words originate from PIE *prō-ko- (no exact cognates; Avestan, Old Church Slavonic and Latin have *pro-ko-).