Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kruɨdr

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 *kreitros, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sift”). Cognate with Old Irish *críathar.

Noun

*kruɨdr m

1. sieve, winnowing fan

Descendants

• Old Breton: croitir
  • Middle Breton: croezr
• Old Cornish: croider
• Old Welsh: cruitr
  • Welsh: crwydr

References

1. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru
2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krē-tro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223