Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rruɨð

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 *reidis, cognate with Old Irish réid (“free, empty”).

Adjective

*rruɨð

1. sparse, rare, loose

Descendants

• Old Breton: ruet
  • Middle Breton: rouez
    • Breton: rouez (“rare, sparse, transparent”)
• Old Welsh: ruid (“empty, vacant”)
  • Welsh: rhwydd