Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/buɨd

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 *beitom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɨ̯d/

Noun

*buɨd m

1. food

Descendants

• Middle Breton: boet, bouet
  • Breton: boued
• Old Cornish: buit
  • Cornish: boos, boys
• Middle Welsh: bwyt
  • Welsh: bwyd

Further reading

• Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 218