Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨbod

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 the compound of *gwɨd- + *bod (“to be”), earlier *wibbutā < *widbutā, from Proto-Celtic *wid-, *windeti (“to know, to see”) + *butā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, to know”) + *bʰuH- (“to be, become”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɨˈboːd/

Noun

*gwɨbod m

1. knowing
2. to know (verbal noun to *gwuɨr)

Descendants

• Old Breton: gudbut
  • Middle Breton: gouzuout
    • Breton: gouzout
• Old Cornish: godbod
  • Middle Cornish: godhvos
    • Cornish: godhvos/goffos
• Middle Welsh: gwybot
  • Welsh: gwybod

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 275