Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hwexed
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Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From Proto-Insular Celtic *swexsetos,[1] analogically remodeled after *kʷenkʷetos (“fifth”) (compare Old Irish seissed), from Proto-Celtic *swexstos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
| < 5 | 6 | 7 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *hwex Ordinal : *hwexed | ||
*hwexed
Descendants
- Breton: c'houecved
- Cornish: whefes
- Middle Welsh: chwechet
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “suexos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 286: “celtique insulaire a une forme *suexsetos”