Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bɨd

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 Proto-Celtic *bitus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɨːd/

Noun

*bɨd m (plural *bɨdow)

world

Descendants

Old Breton: bit, bet
- Breton: bed
Old Cornish: bit, bys
- Cornish: bys, bes
Old Welsh: bid
- Middle Welsh: byd
  - Welsh: byd

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

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