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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨrθ

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin virtūs (manhood, virtue).[1][2] Cognate with *gwur (man, husband). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish firtu (miracle),[3] and perhaps Gaulish *uiridos, attested in various personal names.[4]

Noun

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*gwɨrθ f

  1. miracle, sign

Descendants

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  • Old Welsh: guirdou pl

References

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  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “guirdou”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 150
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fiurt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ 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 348:uirido- ‘virtus’