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Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From *gwehant + *-uɨn, from Proto-Celtic *wesants (perhaps whence Gaulish simivis (“august”, literally “half-spring”)[1]), from Proto-Indo-European *wésn-ont-s ~ *usn̥-n̥t-és (whence Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá)), from *wós-r̥ ~ *wés-n̥s (“spring (season)”) + *-onts ~ *-n̥tés.[2][3]
Noun
*gwehantuɨn m[3][1]
- spring
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blažek, Václav (2008) “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, number 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 45
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *wesr-/*wesn-–417: “*wesantēno-”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 240