Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/niθjɨd

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 *niθ (“winnowed; wheat”) +‎ *-jɨd.

Verb

*niθjɨd

1. to winnow

Related terms

• *gwöniθ

Descendants

• Middle Breton: niza
  • Breton: nizhañ
• Middle Welsh: nithiaw
  • Welsh: nithio

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nixt-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291