Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weskʷeros

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros.

Noun

*weskʷeros[1][2]

evening, vesper

Alternative reconstructions

*wexseros, *wexsɸeros[2]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ʉxer
- Old Cornish: *uher
  - ⇒ Old Cornish: gurthuher
    - Cornish: gorthugher
- Middle Welsh: ucher
Old Irish: fescor
- Irish: feascar
- Manx: fastyr
- Scottish Gaelic: feasgar

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weskʷero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 159-160: “*u̯e(k)speros; *u̯exsero-”

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weskʷero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416

[Schrijver-2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 159-160: “*u̯e(k)speros; *u̯exsero-”