Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

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 *kʷerxtā, from earlier assimilated *kʷerkʷ-t-, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂, *pérkʷus (“oak”) (compare Latin quercus, English fir).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrθ/

Noun

*perθ f

bush, thicket

Descendants

Cornish: Penberth (toponym)
Middle Welsh: perth
Pictish:
- → English: Perth (toponym)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 178

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia