Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwolʉd

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *uɸolautom (wealth, property). Cognate with Old Irish folud (wealth).[1]

Noun

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*gwolʉd m

  1. wealth

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Welsh: golud

Further reading

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  • Williams, Robert (1865) “wuludoc”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 381

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 337