Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dexow

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 *dexsouyā, feminine of *dexsouyos, presumably in association with *llọβ̃ (“hand”), probably remodeled from *dexswos after antonym *(as)souyos (“left”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-(i)-yo-s, from *deḱs- (“right (side)”). Cognate with Old Irish dess.

Adjective

*dexow

1. right
2. southern

   Antonym: *kleð (“left; northern”)

Derived terms

• *dexowluss

Descendants

• Old Breton: dehou, deou
  • Breton: dehou, deheu
• Middle Cornish: dehow
  • Cornish: dyghow, deghow
• Middle Welsh: deheu
  • Welsh: deau