Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwoɨθhaβ̃

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Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From *gwoɨθ (“worse”) +‎ *-haβ̃ (superlative suffix).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *uɸoɸedisamos, from *uɸo- +‎ *ɸedisamos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-ism̥mós, from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) +‎ *-is(t)m̥mós (superlative suffix), and cognate with Latin pessimus (“worst”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaɨ̯θˈhaːβ̃/

Adjective

*gwoɨθhaβ̃

  1. superlative degree of *gwoɨl (“bad”): worst

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: goazhaff
  • Cornish: gwetha
  • Middle Welsh: gwaethaf

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “worst *waxt-isamo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 397
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 246
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