Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kruɨdr

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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

From Proto-Celtic *kreitros, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (to sift). Cognate with Old Irish *críathar.

Noun

*kruɨdr m

  1. sieve, winnowing fan

Descendants

  • Old Breton: croitir
  • Old Cornish: croider
  • Old Welsh: cruitr

References

  1. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krē-tro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223