Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwüxī
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *woxsī, perhaps generalized from the plural, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps-ih₂, from *wóps.
Noun
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Breton: guohi
- Old Cornish: guhi-en
- Middle Welsh: gwychi
- Welsh: gwchi
- → Old Irish: foich ([3][4])
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 160
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page uassos of 307-308
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *woxs-V-–429
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*wosφī-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 382