Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kleð

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 *kliyā, feminine of *kliyos, presumably in association with *llọβ̃ (“hand”).

Adjective

*kleð

1. left
2. northern

   Antonym: *dexow (“right; southern”)

Derived terms

• *gwogleð

Descendants

• Breton: kleiz
• Cornish: kledh
• Welsh: cledd

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kleyos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN