Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/guɨstl

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 *geistlos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ- (“desire, wait for”).

Noun

*guɨstl m

1. hostage
2. bail

Descendants

• Old Breton: guistl
  • Middle Breton: goestl
    • Breton: gouestl
• Old Cornish: guistel
  • Cornish: gostel
• Middle Welsh: gwystyl, gwystl
  • Welsh: gwystl