Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ʉxer
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Proto-Brythonic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *wixer, from Proto-Celtic *weskʷeros. Doublet of *gwesper (“evening”).
Noun
[edit]*ʉxer m[1]
Descendants
[edit]- Old Cornish: *uher
- ⇒ Old Cornish: gurthuher
- Cornish: gorthugher
- ⇒ Old Cornish: gurthuher
- Middle Welsh: ucher, uchyr
- Welsh: ucher
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 114: “LPBr. *(u̯)üxer”