“heather”). It is sometimes linked to <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *wert- (“to twist, turn”). *<span class="searchmatch">wroikos</span> m heather <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Brythonic: *gwrʉg Cornish: grug Middle...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Celtic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">wroikos</span>. IPA(key): /ˈɡwrʉːɡ/ *gwrʉg m heather Cornish: grug Middle Breton: groegan Middle Welsh: gerug, gwrug Welsh: grug...
*verocium From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Celtic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">wroikos</span>, with metathesis of the [j]. Parallel borrowing to Early Medieval Latin brūcus. IPA(key): /ˈbrɔt͡su/, /βeˈrɔd͡zu/...
an unknown non-Indo-European substrate source. Cognates include <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Celtic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">wroikos</span> (“heather”) and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”). Pokorny...
alternative form of *vȇrsъ perhaps a *-(s)k- suffix. Cognates include <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Celtic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">wroikos</span> and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”). *vȇrskъ m alternative...