Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/huɨr

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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

Early borrowing from Latin sērus (“late, slow”).[1][2] Doublet of *hir (“long, tall”).

Adjective

*huɨr

  1. late

Descendants

  • Middle Welsh: hwyr

References

  1. ^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 59: “W. hwyr ‘evening, late’ : Lat. sērus”
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sīro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 337
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