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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pexadʉr

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 peccătōrem, from Latin peccātōrem with pretonic shortening of ā.[1][2][3] Equivalent to *pexọd (“sin”) or *pexad (“to sin”) +‎ *-adʉr.

Noun

*pexadʉr m (feminine *pexadʉres)

  1. sinner

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: pechezr
    • Breton: pec'her
  • Middle Cornish: pechadur, pehadur
    • Cornish: peghador
  • Middle Welsh: pechadur

References
  1. Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 58: “W. pechadur ‘sinner’ Co. pehadur : Lat. peccatōr-em”
  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 289
  3. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pechadur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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