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Definition of P-Celtic in English:

P-Celtic

adjective

  • Denoting or relating to the southern group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.

    Also called Brythonic

    ‘They were linked by common origins and language (P-Celtic spoken in Gaul and Britain, and Q-Celtic spoken in Ireland), some fairly common religious traditions and a close similarity of laws.’
    • ‘The Celts of Gaul and Britain spoke what was called P-Celtic, this would be the ancestor of the Welsh and Breton form of Celtic.’
    • ‘Philologists have referred to them as P-Celtic in contrast to Goidelic as Q-Celtic, on the basis of a sound shift of q to p which split an earlier tongue known as Common Celtic.’

Pronunciation

P-Celtic

/ˈpēˌkeltik/ /ˈpiˌkɛltɪk/

noun

  • The southern group of Celtic languages collectively.

Pronunciation

P-Celtic

/ˈpēˌkeltik/ /ˈpiˌkɛltɪk/

Origin

Early 20th century P, from the development of the Indo-European kw sound into p in this group of languages.