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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/henoɨθ

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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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From Proto-Celtic *se noxt-.[1][2]

Noun

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*henoɨθ f

  1. tonight

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: hanoez
  • Middle Cornish: haneth
  • Old Welsh: henoid

Further reading

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  • Koch, John (2004) “night *nokʷ-, *noxto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 233
  • Williams, Robert (1865) “haneth”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 210
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*noxtV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 293-294

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 38:*se-nokʷt- ‘this night’
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “henoid”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 82-83:*se-noχt IE *so-, and *nekʷ-t-