Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwerθ

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

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *wertos, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-o-s, for Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), or perhaps borrowed from Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werþą (“worth, value”) of the same root.

Noun

*gwerθ m

1. worth, price

Descendants

• Old Breton: uuert
  • Middle Breton: guerz
    • Breton: gwerzh
• Cornish: gwerth
• Middle Welsh: gwerth
  • Welsh: gwerth