Vocabulary Cornish is a Celtic language, and the majority of its vocabulary, when usage frequency is taken into account, at every documented stage of its history is inherited direct from Proto-Celtic, either through the ancestral Proto-Indo-European language, or through vocabulary borrowed from unknown substrate language(s) at some point in the development of the Celtic proto-language from PIE. Examples of the PIE > PCelt. development are various terms related to kinship and people, including 'mother', 'aunt, mother's sister', 'sister', 'son', 'man', 'person, human', and 'people', and words for parts of the body, including 'hand' and 'tooth'. Inherited adjectives with an Indo-European etymology include 'new', 'broad, wide', 'red', 'old', 'young', and 'alive, living'.
vocabulary cornish is a celtic language and the majority of its vocabulary when usage frequency is taken into account at every documented stage of its history is inherited direct from proto-celtic either through the ancestral proto-indo-european language or through vocabulary borrowed from unknown substrate language(s) at some point in the development of the celtic proto-language from pie examples of the pie > pcelt development are various terms related to kinship and people including 'mother' 'aunt mother's sister' 'sister' 'son' 'man' 'person human' and 'people' and words for parts of the body including 'hand' and 'tooth' inherited adjectives with an indo-european etymology include 'new' 'broad wide' 'red' 'old' 'young' and 'alive living'