Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pexadʉr

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin peccătōrem, from Latin peccātōrem with pretonic shortening of ā.^[1]^[2]^[3] Equivalent to *pexọd (“sin”) or *pexad (“to sin”) +‎ *-adʉr.

Noun

*pexadʉr m (feminine *pexadʉres)

sinner

Related terms

Descendants

Middle Breton: pechezr
- Breton: pec'her
Middle Cornish: pechadur, pehadur
- Cornish: peghador
Middle Welsh: pechadur
- Welsh: pechadur

References

^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 58: “W. pechadur ‘sinner’ Co. pehadur : Lat. peccatōr-em”
^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 289
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pechadur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 58: “W. pechadur ‘sinner’ Co. pehadur : Lat. peccatōr-em”

[2] Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 289

[3] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pechadur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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