Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwoɨθ

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

Uncertain; possibly a back-formation from *gwoɨθhaβ̃. Alternatively cognate with with Middle Irish facht (“malice?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaɨ̯θ/

Adjective

*gwoɨθ

1. comparative degree of *gwoɨl (“bad”): worse

Descendants

• Middle Breton: goaz
  • Breton: gwazh
• Cornish: gweth
• Middle Welsh: gwaeth
  • Welsh: gwaeth

Further reading

• Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 246
• Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 132
• Koch, John (2004) “bad *waxto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 22
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*waxto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405