Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hwexed
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Insular Celtic *swexsetos,[1] analogically remodeled after *kʷenkʷetos (“fifth”) (compare Old Irish seissed), from Proto-Celtic *swexstos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
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| Cardinal : *hwex Ordinal : *hwexed | ||
*hwexed
Descendants
[edit]- Breton: c'houecved
- Cornish: whefes
- Middle Welsh: chwechet
References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “suexos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 286: “celtique insulaire a une forme *suexsetos”