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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨrð

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin virdis (attested in the Appendix Probi), from Latin viridis via syncope.[1][2][3]

Adjective

*gwɨrð

  1. green, verdant

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: *guerz
    • Breton: gwerzh (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Middle Breton: guezr (with metathesis, influenced by guezr (“glass”)[1])
  • Old Cornish: guirt
    • Middle Cornish: gwirdh
    • >? Middle Cornish: gwer
  • Old Welsh: guird
    • Middle Welsh: gwyrð

See also

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 268
  3. Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “guird”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 69
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