Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/giow

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 *gyos (reconstructed as such by McCone and Matasović; Schrijver does not specify an explicit proto-form), cognate with Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bow-string, tendon”), Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “bow-string”).^[1]^[2]^[3] Proto-Celtic *gyos itself is a thematization of Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeH- (“sinew”).

Noun

*giow m pl

sinew

Reconstruction notes

The *-ow in this word is in fact the common plural ending *-ow. The original singular and plural of this word was simply *gi < Proto-Celtic *gyos, *gyoi. In the daughter languages, the new -ow plural was singularized with *-ɨnn.

Descendants

Old Cornish: goiven
- Cornish: gyew
Middle Welsh: giewyn sg, gieu pl
- Welsh: gïau

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *gyo-–170
^ McCone, Kim (1996) Towards a relative chronology of ancient and medieval Celtic sound change, Maynooth: Dept. of Old Irish, St. Patrick's College, →ISBN, page 42
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 286

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *gyo-–170

[2] McCone, Kim (1996) Towards a relative chronology of ancient and medieval Celtic sound change, Maynooth: Dept. of Old Irish, St. Patrick's College, →ISBN, page 42

[3] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 286

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