Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨrð

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Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin virdis (attested in the Appendix Probi), from Latin viridis via syncope.[1][2][3]

Adjective

*gwɨrð

  1. green, verdant

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: *guerz
    • Breton: gwerzh (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Middle Breton: guezr (with metathesis, influenced by guezr (“glass”)[1])
  • Old Cornish: guirt
  • Old Welsh: guird

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 268
  3. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “guird”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 69
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