Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dexow

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Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dexsouyā, feminine of *dexsouyos, presumably in association with *llọβ̃ (“hand”), probably remodeled from *dexswos after antonym *(as)souyos (“left”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-(i)-yo-s, from *deḱs- (“right (side)”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish dess.

Adjective

*dexow

  1. right
  2. southern
    Antonym: *kleð (“left; northern”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Breton: dehou, deou
  • Middle Cornish: dehow
  • Middle Welsh: deheu

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 330–331
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