Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gėr

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 *garyos, related to *garyeti (“to call, cry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡe̝ːr/

Noun

*gėr m

1. word, speech

Descendants

• Middle Breton: guer
  • Breton: ger
• Cornish: ger
• Middle Welsh: geir
  • Welsh: gair

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, p. 153