Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/spɨrɨd
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin spīritus. Parallel borrowing with Old Irish spirut (“spirit”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*spɨrɨd m[2]
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “spirit”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 234
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 16: “PBr. *spiriǀtus > LPBr. *spïrïǀd”