Editing Cumbric (section)

===Scots and English===
A number of words occurring in the [[Scots language]] and [[English language in Northern England|Northern English dialects]] have been proposed as being of possible Brittonic origin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionary of the Scots Language<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/}}</ref> Ascertaining the real derivation of these words is far from simple, due in part to the similarities between some cognates in the Brittonic and [[Goidelic languages]] and the fact that borrowing took place in both directions between these languages.

Another difficulty lies with other words which were taken into [[Old English]], as in many cases it is impossible to tell whether the borrowing is directly from Brittonic or not (e.g. ''Brogat'', ''Crag'', below). The following are possibilities:
* '''''Bach''''' – 'cowpat' (cf. Welsh {{lang|cy|baw}} 'dung', Gaelic {{lang|gd|buadhar}})
* '''''Baivenjar''''' – 'mean fellow' (Welsh {{lang|cy|bawyn}} 'scoundrel')
* '''''Brat''''' – 'apron'. The word appears in Welsh (with meanings 'rag, cloth' and 'pinafore'<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Convery |editor-first=Anne |title=Collins Spurrell Pocket Welsh Dictionary |date=1993 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=Glasgow}}</ref>), Scots<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionary of the Scots Language |url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/ |access-date=13 March 2011}}</ref> and northern English dialects,<ref>{{cite book |last=Rollinson |first=William |title=The Cumbrian Dictionary |year=1997 |publisher=Smith Settle |location=Otley, UK |isbn=1-85825-067-6}}</ref> but may be an Old English borrowing from [[Old Irish]].<ref>{{cite book |last=MacBain |first=Alexander |title=An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language |url=https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict00macb |date=1911|publisher=Gairm Publications |isbn=9780901771681 }}</ref>
* '''''Brogat''''' – a type of [[mead]] (Welsh {{lang|cy|bragod}} '[[wikt:bragget|bragget]]' – also found in [[Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]])
* '''''Coble''''' – a type of small, flat-bottomed boat (also in Northeast England), akin to Welsh ''[[wikt:ceubal|ceubal]]'' 'a hollow' and Latin ''[[wikt:caupulus|caupulus]]''; distinct from the round-bottomed [[coracle]].
* '''''Crag''''' – 'rocks'. Either from Brittonic (Welsh {{lang|cy|craig}}) or Goidelic ([[Scottish Gaelic]] {{lang|gd|creag}}).
* '''''Croot''''' – 'small boy' (Welsh {{lang|cy|crwt}}, Gaelic {{lang|gd|cruit}} 'small person', 'humpback/hunchback')
* '''''Croude''''' – a type of small [[harp]] or [[lyre]] (as opposed to the larger {{lang|gd|[[clàrsach]]}}; Welsh {{lang|cy|[[crwth]]}} 'bowed lyre', later '[[fiddle]]', Gaelic {{lang|gd|croit}})
* '''''Lum''''' – Scottish word for 'chimney' ([[Middle Welsh]] {{lang|cy|llumon}})