Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ʉxer

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From earlier *wixer, from Proto-Celtic *weskʷeros. Doublet of *gwesper (“evening”).

Noun

*ʉxer m[1]

evening, vesper

Descendants

Old Cornish: *uher
- ⇒ Old Cornish: gurthuher
  - Cornish: gorthugher
Middle Welsh: ucher

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 114: “LPBr. *(u̯)üxer”

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[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 114: “LPBr. *(u̯)üxer”