Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨbod

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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

Etymology

From the compound of *gwɨd- + *bod (“to be”), earlier *wibbutā < *widbutā, from Proto-Celtic *wid-, *windeti (“to know, to see”) + *butā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, to know”) + *bʰuH- (“to be, become”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡwɨˈboːd/

Noun

*gwɨbod m

knowing
to know (verbal noun to *gwuɨr)

Descendants

Old Breton: gudbut
- Middle Breton: gouzuout
  - Breton: gouzout
Old Cornish: godbod
- Middle Cornish: godhvos
  - Cornish: godhvos/goffos
Middle Welsh: gwybot
- Welsh: gwybod

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 275

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