Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwerθ

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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

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *wertos, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-o-s, for Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), or perhaps borrowed from Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werþą (“worth, value”) of the same root.[1]

Noun

*gwerθ m

  1. worth, price

Descendants

  • Old Breton: uuert
  • Cornish: gwerth
  • Middle Welsh: gwerth

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*werto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
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