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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bedu

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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 *betuyā.[1]

Noun

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*bedu ?

  1. birch tree

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: bezu
  • Middle Welsh: bedwen sg

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*betu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 64-65