Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/neɨθjuɨr
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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
Uncertain; possibly from:
- *noɨθ (“night”), from Proto-Celtic *noxs, + *huɨr (“late”);[1][2][3]
- or borrowed from unattested Vulgar Latin *noxtiōr, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷt-yōs, from *nókʷts (“night”) + *-yōs, cognate with Albanian nesër (“tomorrow”).[4]
Adverb
Descendants
Further reading
- Williams, Robert (1865) “neihur”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 265
- Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 41
- Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “neizheur”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1172
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g̑hđi̯és”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 416
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 268: “PBr. *noxti̯ēr-”
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “last night *nexti- + Lat. sērus”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 196
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nesër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “neithiwr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “Brth. *noxti̯ēr-, o’r gwr. IE. *neku̯t- ‘nos’”