Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwrėg

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 Proto-Celtic *wrakī or Proto-Celtic *gʷrakī. In the former case related to Old Irish frac (“woman”), and in the latter case perhaps related to Middle Irish *grúac (“hair”). For similar sense development, see Scottish Gaelic gruagach (“maiden, woman”), which evolved from gruag, as unmarried women did not cover their hair.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡwre̝ːɡ/

Noun

*gwrėg f (plural *gwrageð)

woman, female human
wife

Descendants

Middle Breton: gruec
- Breton: gwreg
Old Cornish: greg, grueg
- Middle Cornish: gurek
  - Cornish: gwreg
Middle Welsh: gureic, gwreic
- Welsh: gwraig
Cumbric: gwrek

References

^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gruag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 206
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwraig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Garnett, R. (1859). The Philological Essays of the Late Rev. Richard Garnett, of the British Museum. United Kingdom: Williams and Norgate, p. 159

[1] MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gruag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 206

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwraig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[3] Garnett, R. (1859). The Philological Essays of the Late Rev. Richard Garnett, of the British Museum. United Kingdom: Williams and Norgate, p. 159

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