Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hwɨβid

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 *xswibīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-.

Verb

*hwɨβid

1. to move, recede

Descendants

• Middle Breton: fifual
  • Breton: fiñval
• Middle Welsh: chwyfu
  • Welsh: chwifio