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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/prɨd

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 *kʷritus, from pre-Celtic *kʷr̥tus, a tu-stem derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to make, cause”). Cognate with Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”).

GPC separates Welsh pryd in the "time, moment" and "face, appearance" senses, and expresses doubt at whether they are etymologically related.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈprɨd/

Noun

*prɨd m

  1. shape, form
  2. time

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: pred
  • Old Cornish: prit
  • Middle Welsh: pryd

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182
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